What's New?

February 9, 2008

Added to the River Cruise Ships (on the Continent) page:

• Waterways World River Cruising - for river and canal enthusiasts; offered on behalf of Waterways World magazine

February 6, 2008

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page:

• A Narrowboat Journey in Wales - April 2003; Llangollen Canal
• Daily Canal Photo Blog - Martin Clark tries to post a new picture each day

Added to the Hiring Boats page:

• Canal Boat Escapes - (Barnoldswick, on L&L)

January 26, 2008

Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance, and Services page:

• Coates & Company - narrowboat building (Cambs.?)
• Lime Kiln Chandlers - online chandlery

January 24, 2008

Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance, and Services page:

• B & C Boats - dutch barge builders (Woodbridge, Suffolk, on R. Debden)
• Pickwell & Arnold - boat builders, fitters and marine engineers; narrow- and wide-beam boats and dutch barges (Todmorden, Lancs.)
• Robertsons Boatyard - restorations, repairs, moorings, slipway (Woodbridge, Suffolk, on R. Debden)

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page:

• nb High Jump - travels in France with a Sea Otter trailable narrow boat; 2000 to the present

December 2, 2007

Linked to from the British Isles- Specific Canals & Waterways page:

• Martin Reed's guide to the waterways of the UK

September 17, 2007

Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance, and Services page:

• Milburn Boats - boat builders (Daventry, Northants.)
• Stewart Marine - boat brokerage, moorings, fit-outs, joinery, vinyl signwriting, day boats (Surbiton, Surrey, on R. Thames)
• Lambon Hull - steel boat builders - narrow, broad-beam, wide-beam, dutch barge; repairs (Rushock, Worcs.)
• Herons Rest Marina - moorings (Llangattock, on Mon & Brec, in Wales)
• William Piper Narrowboats Ltd. - boat building, painting (Towcester, Northants.) [no relation to Piper Boats]

September 13, 2007

Added to the Hiring Boats page:

• Black Country Narrow Boat Hire - 70ft R.W.Davis Northwich Trader Class Tug (Oldbury, W. Mids.)

September 11, 2007

Linked to from the British Isles- Specific Canals & Waterways page:

• Martin Clark on the Sankey (or St Helens) Canal

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page, under "Blogs":

• narrowboat: the green man - July 2006 to the present, including related blog:
  • Good morning, lethargy
• A Boatwomans Diary (related to Hadar)

Added to from the Specific Canals & Waterways page:

• Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Ludwig's Canal) (english; deutsch)

August 25, 2007

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page, under "Blogs":

• Nick's Narrowboat Life - liveaboard; starting July 2007
• WB Stella Vera - wide beam barge - blog just started Aug 2007
• allaboardolive - 55' narrowboat Olive - March 2007 to the present
• Winsome - cruises of a 17 foot pedal launch - Sept 2006 to the present
• Jannock Weblog - May 2005 to the present
• NB Zindagi - journey of Dave & Val Taylor, beginning March 2007
• Narrowboat Debdale - an Ownerships shared-ownership narrowboat - Aug 2007 -
• Sonflower's Log - April 2007 to present
• Hadar - building and fit-out of the narrowboat, starting 2005
• Narrowboat IronMaster's dock - Feb 2006 to present
• Shop On The Canal - "Adventure on the canals, new life, narrowboat living", with an on-board shop - starting July 2007

Linked to from the British Isles- Specific Canals & Waterways page:

• The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Pictures

Linked to from the Moveable Bridges page:

• Movable Bridges in the British Isles

August 13, 2007

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page:

• Lea Crest - cruising European waterways with David and Pamela Ross - 2003 to the present
• French Canals - New Zealanders tackle the loop from Chatillon sur Loire via Auxerre and back again; May/June 2007

August 12, 2007

Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance, and Services page:

• Great Haywood Marina - opened July 2007 (on T&M near junction with S&W)
• Continental Cruising Barges - builder of barge-style cruisers for European waterways (Ramsgate, Kent)
• Stowaway Boats - folding inflatable and folding sailing dinghys
• Thetford - marine toilets
• Jonic - unconventional bed linen sizes of possible use on boats
• RoadPro - 12v and 24v electrical products

August 8, 2007

Added to the Boat Ownership, Construction, Maintenance, and Services page:

• Mill Wharf Boat Company - boat building, brokerage, painting, boat safety examinations and advice (Blisworth, Northants.)
• Orchard Marina and Boat Builders - boat building, renovations, brokerage, fit-outs, services, moorings, chandlery (soon) (Rudheath, Ches, on T&M)
• Royalls Boatyard - services, repairs (Hoveton, Norwich, on Norfolk Broads)
• Blisworth Marina - services, moorings (Gayton Junction, on GU)

August 2, 2007

Added to the Near the Water ... page, under "Pubs":

• Boat Inn - Ashleworth Quay, Glos. (R. Severn)
    Temporarily closed due to flooding of end July 2007. Flooding pictures available at the website.

Linked to from the Webcams page:

• Royalls Boatyard webcam - at Hoveton, Norwich, Norfolk Broads [Thanks to Roy Webster for pointing out this one.]

June 30, 2007

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page, under "Blogs":

• Boating in France with John and Irene - July 2004 to the present

June 23, 2007

Added to the Canal Internet Resources - General page, under the category "Waterway Art and Craft":

• Trina's Canalware - traditional canalware

May 31, 2007

Added to the Trip Reports and Blogs page, under "Blogs":

• Narrow Boat Albert - spring 2005 to the present

Added to the Hiring Boats page, under the headings "Canal Holidays for Schools and Youth Organisations" and "Canal Holidays for the Disabled":

• Canal Boat Project - (on R. Stort in Harlow)

September 6, 1995 thru April 30, 2007

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.