Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
The Pennine Ring - Paul Hindle navigates 'The Big One' - 350 miles around the Trent & Mersey and Leeds & Liverpool canals
The Restoration Man - David Hutchings talks about his early interest in waterways and the fabled restoration of the Stratford Canal completed 21 years ago
Why Bother About the Pother? - John Morgan tells you why you should think of boating on this East Sussex river
Waterside - Brentford - Hugh Potter explores the fascinating area where the Grand Union Canal joins the Thames
Rooms With A View - Low cost waterside accommodation in Britain
In Springtime to Newbury - With restoration of the Kennet & Avon Canal scheduled for 1988, Roger Pilkington recalls his 1950 voyage up the Kennet
Clothes of the Cut - Avril Lansdell looks at 'traditional' boaters' clothes and modern attempts to copy them
Manchester Memories - Geoff Andrew recalls the grain traffic through Hulme Locks
Birmingham Boat Show - Andy Burnett reports on new boats and equipment unveiled at the NEC in February
The Mute Swan - Keith Taylor describes this majestic bird of our waterways
Waterside Walk - John Lower suggests the top end of the Chesterfield Canal - before it's too late
Regulars:
Boats & Pieces
Readers' Forum
Letters to the Editor
Classified Adverts
Reflections
News of the Waterways World
What's On
Book Reviews
Front Cover - Narrow boats in festive mood on the river Trent at Nottingham. 1985 is the year of National Waterways Summer and a full list of this month's events is published on pages 28-29. Paul Hindle navigated the Trent as part of the Pennine Ring
The Pennine Ring - Paul Hindle navigates 'The Big One' - 350 miles around the Trent & Mersey and Leeds & Liverpool canals
The Restoration Man - David Hutchings talks about his early interest in waterways and the fabled restoration of the Stratford Canal completed 21 years ago
Why Bother About the Pother? - John Morgan tells you why you should think of boating on this East Sussex river
Waterside - Brentford - Hugh Potter explores the fascinating area where the Grand Union Canal joins the Thames
Rooms With A View - Low cost waterside accommodation in Britain
In Springtime to Newbury - With restoration of the Kennet & Avon Canal scheduled for 1988, Roger Pilkington recalls his 1950 voyage up the Kennet
Clothes of the Cut - Avril Lansdell looks at 'traditional' boaters' clothes and modern attempts to copy them
Manchester Memories - Geoff Andrew recalls the grain traffic through Hulme Locks
Birmingham Boat Show - Andy Burnett reports on new boats and equipment unveiled at the NEC in February
The Mute Swan - Keith Taylor describes this majestic bird of our waterways
Waterside Walk - John Lower suggests the top end of the Chesterfield Canal - before it's too late
Regulars:
Boats & Pieces
Readers' Forum
Letters to the Editor
Classified Adverts
Reflections
News of the Waterways World
What's On
Book Reviews
Front Cover - Narrow boats in festive mood on the river Trent at Nottingham. 1985 is the year of National Waterways Summer and a full list of this month's events is published on pages 28-29. Paul Hindle navigated the Trent as part of the Pennine Ring
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