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The UK's canal and inland waterways network is like one enormous leisure area. Home to some of Britain's important industrial heritage as well as being a vital wildlife sanctuary.

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An evening with the Waterways Minister - Jonathan Shaw MP, the Government Minister with responsibility for Waterways

Whitchurch Boat Rally, 'The' Annual Boating Festival - Boaters and Boating enthusiasts will be given a special welcome when they descend on Whitchurch for the annual boat rally.

London - London Canals, River Navigations and Locks

Completion of a £163,000 project - Improvements to 7km of towpath on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Brogborough Whirl - proposal for a boat lift for the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway.

British Waterways London - Since 1st April 2008 You are required to have a BWL Angling Permit to fish BWL waters.

Limehouse Basin, London - Part of our summer 2008 cruise.

If you're about to "Build a New Life" on a boat- You may be able to get on TV with Channel 5's Build a New Life!

River Cruises in the UK and Europe - There are many benefits to a river cruise and the options for your cruise holiday are varied in the UK and Europe.

Bedford and Milton Keynes (B&MK) Waterway Trust - The Launch of a new DVD on YouTube.com with Kevin Whately.

The River Stort Navigation - Part of our summer 2008 cruise.

The King - Old steamer goes to Aqueduct Marina

Regent's (Regents) Canal - Little Venice to Limehouse Basin.

Paddington Arm - Grand Union Canal - Part of our summer 2008 cruise.

Stag Beetle, Lucanus cervus - This creature looks like it belongs in ancient Egypt not within a stones throw of Uxbridge!

The Rickmansworth Waterways Trust Canal Centre - Batchworth Lock, Grand Union Canal.

Aylesbury Arm, Grand Union Canal - Part of our summer 2008 cruise.

Blue Line Canal Carriers Ltd, Braunston - Narrowboats of the 'Barlow Line' a joining of the Samuel Barlow Coal Co. and S.E. Barlow.

Wendover Arm, Grand Union Canal - Part of our summer 2008 cruise.

Narrowboat Holiday Advice - Our tips for a great holiday afloat.

Buckingham Canal (Disused) - AKA Grand Union Canal, 'Old Stratford Cut'.

Gongoozies - A canal users word used to describe people who hand around locks, bridges or other canal features - just watching.

Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum - The Waterways Trust's Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire .

Chairman of British Waterways Scotland Group - Campbell Christie CBE, Retires After 10 Years at the Helm.

Edinburgh Quay to Harrison Park - Meet the politicians, 10.00am, 24 May, for a walk along the towpath.

Grand Union Leicester (Line) Section - Part of our summer cruise 2008.

Cracks Hill, Crick, Northamptonshire - A pleasant walk off bridge #14, Leicester Line of the GUC near Crick.

ABNB Narrowboat Brokerage - ABNB Ltd. works on a no-sale / no-fee basis.

Foxton Locks - A 'staircase' of ten locks taking narrowboats up or down by the picturesque Harborough Arm Junction of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line).

(Market) Harborough Arm - GUC - Cruise, Union Wharf and Market Harborough.

Canal Boat Escapes - Narrowboat hire company operating from near Barnoldswick on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The European Grass Snake - Or is it a water snake?

Maypole Dancing in a Leicester Canalside Park - The start of "One Rhythm" dance festival (May to October 2008).

Loughborough Basin Mooring - Things to do in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Shardlow Heritage Centre - Trent and Mersey Canal, South Derbyshire.

Kittywake Canal Cruises, Wigan Pier - Canal Boat Cruise Hire Lancashire are available 52 weeks a year.

An Artist's view on the Kennet and Avon Canal - 2007 provided me with my first venture at painting, displaying and trying to sell my pictures canal side on the Kennet and Avon.

West London Floating Classroom's Flag Competition - And the winner is ................Purva Kamboj of Blair Peach School.

Crinan Canal News - British Waterways Kicks Off 2008 Season with a Crinan Canal - Ardrishaig Update.

Boatmail.co.uk - Launches an Internet presence.

Crick Boat Show - Probably the biggest narrowboat show in England.

Falkirk Wheel - Designer Divas Exhibition Now On at The Falkirk Wheel.

Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterways Trust - About The BMK Waterway Trust and this year's walk.

Aqueduct Marina, Church Minshull - Prime Location For New Marina.

English Rose Hotel Boat - A new purpose-built, 60' narrowboat hotel carrying only 3 guests.

Caledonian Canal and Great Glen Way, information and interpretation panels - Interpretation encourages visitors to see the Great Glen by boot, boat or bike.

Mobile Solution For Surfing The Web Whilst Afloat - CanalCuttings webmaster Graham Beven used a similar device on a GPRS Pay As You Go network with great results....

Waterbuoy to enter the Dragons’ Den - James Halliburton, the man behind Waterbuoy, will bravely enter the Dragons’ Den in the fifth series of BBC2’s hit TV show.

New Mercia Marina Development, Willington, Derbyshire - Gets go ahead - A multi-million pound marina which will be one of the largest canal-based marinas in the country is to be built near Willington in Derbyshire.

R B 'Bert' Dean - Robert Dean - Creative Writer -
Stoke-on-Trent - You may be lucky enough one day to meet Bert.

Shropshire Union Canal Society - "Welsh Project of the Year" Award 2007 - Newhouse Lock, near Aberbechan and Abermule, Powys, on the Montgomery Canal.

Shropshire Union Canal Society - 2007 Ellesmere Rally - Described by them as the best ever Ellesmere rally.

Jubilee Double Act at Stoke Boat Club - Jenny Sherratt for the First Responders and Cedric Johnson for Donna Louise Trust delighted to received their donations.

Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner - Besides selling his unique stock items Ken Allen will accept wood turning commissions.

Shugborough Hall and Estate - Between the Trent and Mersey and the Staffs and Worcester Canals close to Great Haywood Junction, and Tixall 'Wides'. The Hall and grounds are accessible on foot from the Trent and Mersey at Lock 22 and Bridge 73.

Duke and Duchess Holiday Hotel Narrowboats - Which cruise should you choose on Duke and Duchess?

Steam Narrowboat President visits "Shackerstone In Steam" - Seen by us on the Trent and Mersey Canal heading back to the Black Country Museum in the West Midlands, in early September 2007.

"Willow" - Private Charter, Canal Hotel Narrowboat - We saw canal Hotel Narrowboat Willow on the Trent and Mersey Canal - heading towards Great Haywood at Little Haywood.

Anglo Welsh - Waterways Holidays - We would all like to discover a holiday with peace, tranquility, countryside and camaraderie. Well you can, and we have seen many a merry holiday maker cruising by (a little too fast sometimes) on an Anglo Welsh narrowboat.

Shropshire Union Canal Society Lockwind 2/2007 - Over the August Bank Holiday weekend the Society held the second of their 2007 Lockwinds at Cholmondeston Lock on the Middlewich Canal.

Trading up from a Paperclip to a Narrowboat - His name is James Shipley; AKA 'The Paperclip Guy' and he's trying to trade up from a paperclip to a narrowboat!

The black waters of the canal lead to an even darker secret.... 'The Black Thread' is Margaret Muir’s third novel. Published in hardback by Robert Hale Limited on 31 August 2007. - Our review

Canal Trip On Beatrice for Prizewinning Pupils - They spent some hours cruising the delightful Caldon Canal on Beatrice.

Cheddleton Flint Mill - Caldon Canal - We visited the flint mill in early August 2007. Situated right next to the canal, which was used to transport the raw and finished materials to and fro..

Selby Canal Fest (2007) - Selby Canal - Selby, North Yorkshire. Selby District Surewaters Project will be hosting the first ever Selby Canal Festival...

The Lion Salt Works - On the Trent and Mersey Canal - Well worth a visit - It's FREE .

Etruria Industrial Museum - Jesse Shirley's Etruscan Bone and Flint Mill - Trent and Mersey / Caldon Canal .

1928 Working Boat - 'George' is listed on the National Register of Historic Vessels.

Churnet Valley Railway - We visited the Churnet Valley (Steam) Railway (CVR) at Cheddleton Station in late July 2007 whilst cruising the Caldon Canal.

Willowmoor Art Workshop - A floating art gallery by artist Michelle Martin.

Living on a Narrowboat - Over the next few months we will examine those small details that we believe can mean the difference between comfort and misery when living aboard full time on a narrowboat.

Astley Green Colliery Museum - Bridgewater Canal - We visited the museum for about an hour and a half in July 2007 and apart from the steam winding engine and headgear the small museum building houses many Interesting mining exhibits.

National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port - Shropshire Union Canal - Just one part of a three centre museum bring the history of Britain’s waterways to life.

"The Road to Wigan Pier" - Wigan Pier is the name given to an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks.

Anderton Boat Lift - Trent and Mersey Canal - Affectionately known as the Cathedral of the Canals. Designed by Edwin Clark and built in 1875, the world's first boat lift was renovated at the turn of the millennium and reopened in March 2002.

Shropshire Union Canal - Part 4 - Barbridge to Ellesmere Port via Chester

Chester City - Shropshire Union (Chester) Canal - The Shropshire Union Canal runs right through the northern area of Chester City.

Shropshire Union Prees Branch - The Prees Branch of the Llangollen Canal Section of the Shropshire Union Canal in now a truncated canal that leads to the marina owned and operated by Whixhall Marine

Free Range Hens Eggs - White House, Maesbury Marsh.

Distinctive Designs Florist - Middlewich Branch Canalside Business - Dawn Charlesworth.

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