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Cruising Classroom
Liveaboard Emma welcomes a lighter lockdown
Maintenance After Lockdown
Vital checks and tweaks before turning the key
SAFE PASSAGE
When we’re all back at Crick, there’s a better way to arrive!
SLEEPING IT OFF
Hawkmoths rest after a night of feeding
RESTORATION MAN
John Sully lived for adventure on the waterways
SOUTH LONDON'S LOST CANALS
In North London, the Regent’s Canal is well known and well used, but it’s a different story south of the river. Martin Ludgate recounts the story of South London’s forgotten waterways
THE BOAT WHISPERER
Eddie and Chris Barford have enjoyed decades on the waterways
PUSH THE BOAT OUT
Volunteers at Overwater Marina are celebrating The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services for their custom-built wheely boat for disabled passengers
GIRL POWER
Heather Wastie’s fascinating journey with the Alarum project’s history celebration
DINNER'S IN THE BAG
Helen Tidy creates cruising memories with a DIY thermal cooker
GOSH, DARN IT...
Helen Tidy reaches for her needles to salvage holey clothes
TECHNICAL: Pollution control
River Canal Rescue (RCR) has extended its range of Bilgeaway filters with the addition of a new smaller midi filter, suitable for boat owners who have little or no bilge pollution, but want peace of mind they will not pollute the waterways if anything does happen.
HIRERS TO BUYERS
Martin and Julie took the plunge and have never looked back
GETTING AWAY WITH IT
Part two of Tom Kitching’s affectionate look at Spey’s history
ALL HANDS TO THE PUMPS
Sometimes, the local geography dictated that canals needed to be equipped with pumping stations to keep them from running dry. Now, 200 years on, we look at how today’s engineers are keeping the successors to those pumps working
CANAL KILLERS
Dragonflies hunt with their eyes for insect prey
BRIGHT SPARKS
Chris Fower, from Fischer Panda UK, looks at the benefits of converting to electric propulsion
BEST OF THE TESTS
With the canals locked down along with the rest of the country since the last week of March, it’s been impossible to do more boat tests. So we’re taking a look back at some of the boats we’ve seen over the years, and are focusing on the wide variety of exterior shapes.
ARGY–BARGY
Emma encounters the perils of liveaboard life during lockdown
A DREAM COME TRUE
How Ian Randle fulfilled his childhood ambition
STOPPED IN OUR TRACKS
When Adam Porter embarked on a seven-week trip, flood damage and late works were the least of his problems
ON BOARD WITH OUTBOARD
TROUBLE-SHOOTING HINTS FROM JOHN REEVES (INCLUDING TRUNKS...)
LIFE IN LOCKDOWN
Liveaboard Emma celebrates her birthday in the strangest of times
WE'RE HOME ALONE...
but there are creative ways to beat cabin fever, says Helen Tidy
UPLIFTING SCENES
River Canal Rescue raised a capsized narrowboat at Barrow, on the River Soar, after torrential rain and surging water caused the boat to break its moorings, sending it down river to Bridge 30 where it became wedged.
FULLY CONNECTED
Combining a floating office and the perfect escape takes the best technology
GETTING TO GAUGE!
Tom Kitching follows the rebuilding Clayton’s tarboat Spey
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Cooking is easy. There’s no great skill involved in following the dot-to-dot instructions that have been laid out for you by someone who really knows how to do it; as long as you choose Nadiya Hussain over Yotam Ottolenghi, anybody can be a Jamie Oliver... and even The Lockdown Kitchen King himself would say cheers to that sentiment.
CRICK LIFE'S CRACKING
New owners Jackie and Bruce Hair left Oz to pursue their dream
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Mortimer Bones reflects on the state of the network