- March 14, 2010
- Brian Mansergh has found two more Webcams:
Added to the "Model Boats" category on the
Canal & Waterway Internet Resources- General
page:
Added to the
Canal- & Waterway-Related Organisations
page:
- March 13, 2010
- Linked to from the Webcams page:
Blogs added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page:
- January 23, 2010
- Starting to catch up on big backlog.
Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance,
and Services page, under the heading "Diesel Engines":
Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance,
and Services page, under the heading "Specialty Products":
- Axiom Propellers Ltd
-
Bilt-Hamber Laboratories
- "rust removers that are non-toxic, biodegradable and extremely effective"
- Caldwells Windows Ltd
- narrowboat windows
- Cleghorn Waring
- marine pumps
- Cover-Right
- boat covers
-
Dipstop Locking Filler Cap Kit for boats
- doorholder.co.uk
- hardware useful for boats
-
Edge Technology
- "Portable power generators for narrowboats" (Crewe, Cheshire)
-
Foam for Comfort
- cut-to-size foam and latex for mattresses, pillows, cushions, seating
- Get Knotted
- rope fenders and ropes (Warwick, on GU)
-
Halls Auto Electrical
- Eberspacher heaters (Bristol)
- Hendersons
- boat water tanks, shower sumps, etc. (Dereham, Norfolk)
- Hercules Hydraulics
- (Paignton, Devon)
- Hydrotechnik
- fuel filtering; biodiesel equipment
- Intosofa
- self-assembly sofas (easy to get into a narrowboat)
- JabscoShop
- marine pumps
- Loom-Tech
- marine wiring systems
- M & R Controls (UK) Limited
- chargers, inverters, solar
- Marine 16 Ltd
- diesel bug treatment, paint and grp sealants, cleaners
- Marine Injection Services
- valve blocks, filters, pipes, hoses, and fittings
- Multicell
- marine batteries
- Noisekiller UK
- soundproofing
-
Percy Lane Products Ltd
- windows, including marine windows (Tamworth, Staffs.)
-
PRM Marine Transmissions (Coventry)
- SmartGauge Electronics
- popular equipment for managing battery banks
-
Suzo Handicrafts
- lace porthole covers
- Tecma
- marine toilets (site in English, Italian, German, French)
-
Compact Cookware from Tefal
- saves space in boat galleys
- Tek-Tanks Ltd
- "water, waste and diesel fuel tanks for the marine environment"
- tel-me
- alarm system suitable for boats; click "Products", then "tel-me".
- ThermoBoat
- heat insulator for boats
- Tia Environmentally Responsible Products
- wind generators, solar panels, Eco Fans; cleaners
- Vetus
- "marine diesel engines, marine accessories and technical equipment"
- waterbuoy
- flotation device for key, etc.; lifts to 1 kg
-
Wesley Marine Windows
- WillDo
- thrusters, RotaDrive, pump-out systems (web site in Dutch, English, French, German)
-
Worcester Marine Windows Ltd (Worcester)
- January 22, 2010
- Linked to from the Webcams page:
- January 21, 2010
- Added to the Hiring Boats page:
- January 20, 2010
- Linked to from the Webcams page:
-
Braunston Marina
- must login with user: vulcan, password braunston. [Thanks to Peter
Bramwell for pointing out this one.]
Added to the Near the Water ... page:
Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance,
and Services page:
Blogs added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page:
- November 17, 2009
- Added to the
Online Canal Maps - England & Wales
page (thanks to a suggestion by Dan Engstrom):
-
Google Earth Canal Maps
- canals highlighted on google map/satellite view; click on
canal to identify it
-
Water Explorer Interactive Canal Map
- map or satellite view; when you zoom in far enough, you can
see markers for locks, bridges, winding holes - place your cursor
over these markers to identify them
- November 16, 2009
- Added to the "Waterway Art and Craft" category on the
Canal & Waterway Internet Resources- General
page:
Added to the
Short Term Mobile Phone Options - UK/Europe page:
- November 15, 2009
- More blogs for the Trip Reports and Blogs page:
- October 2, 2009
- More blogs for the Trip Reports and Blogs page:
Added to the Specific Canals and
Waterways of the British Isles page:
- September 10, 2009
- More blogs for the Trip Reports and Blogs page:
After a bit too long, I have updated my
Short Term Mobile Phone Options - UK/Europe page.
Linked to from the Webcams page:
- Breamcam
- Steve Wood's boat-mounted webcam; available only when he's moving,
it's not raining, and there is vodafone coverage
Added to the Near the Water ... page:
-
Fourteen Locks Canal Centre
- tea room, museum, monthly guided walks; Newport, S. Wales (Monmouthshire Canal)
-
Jolly Sailor Café Restaurant
- Boston, Lincs. (R. Witham)
-
Lock 57 Brasserie
- The Canal Centre, Hassall Green, Ches. (T&M)
- New Inn Stainforth
- Stainforth, S. Yorks. (on Stainforth and Keadby Canal)
- River Tea Rooms
- St. Ives, Cambs. (R. Great Ouse)
-
Shugborough - Historic Estate
- no canal view but convenient for those boating near Great Haywood; grounds admission £3 per person
-
Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre
- "the highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel in the UK" - 3.25 miles
long; tunnel boat trips, cafe, nature trail
- The Waterfront
- pub and restaurant; Barton Marina, Burton Upon Trent, Staffs. (T&M)
-
Canal Farm Cottages
- "self-catering holiday cottages on the banks of the Louth Navigational Canal"; (Lincs.)
- Tixall Gatehouse
- close to S&W
(near Stafford, Staffs.)
- September 6, 1995 thru August 31, 2009
- This "What's New" material has been removed to reduce the size of
this page.
- September 5, 1995
- Everything! In addition to the web pages, there is an
email mailing list.
