IT'S CHILDSPLAY
Canal Boat|September 2020
Onboard games to keep the young passengers happy
IT'S CHILDSPLAY

DECK CRAFT

CELEBRATING THE 3RS...REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

In the 15 or so years Andy and I have been boating, we have spent many of them without a television. In our early boating days, it always seemed too complicated to set one up. Especially as we were primarily holiday boaters and family holidays were always notable for the absence of televisions. Indeed, as a child growing up, I believed Thou Shall Not Watch Telly On Holiday was the 11th commandment. In more recent years, we have embraced streaming technology but even so, we still watch far less television than when on land.

Given that this is so, we have found other forms of entertainment to enjoy. While living in lockdown, we have revisited our favourite onboard entertainment, Six Handed Rummy, many times. Card games are perfect when every inch of storage space is accounted for, but we have also travelled with board games ranging from Scrabble to Carcassonne, though stowing such can be something of a problem.

Now that our visiting grandchildren are getting into games, I needed to create something that would keep things in together. I had acquired my family’s old Monopoly board dating from the 1950s when my mother moved house last year and was certain something could be made from it. It has been well played with so is more than a little battered and all the pieces have vanished, but the board was still strong.

Much googling later, I settled on creating a storage box to store all our games in.

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FLERE HISTORIER FRA CANAL BOATSe alt
HIGH AND MIGHTY
Canal Boat

HIGH AND MIGHTY

Acorns make the perfect store food for jays’ larders

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3 mins  |
November 2020
TAKING THE PLUNGE
Canal Boat

TAKING THE PLUNGE

Why Chris and Sarah Atkin will never forget tying the knot

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4 mins  |
November 2020
LABELLED WITH LOVE
Canal Boat

LABELLED WITH LOVE

Helen Tidy enjoyed one weekend moored next to The Beer Boat ... simply the perfect solution to collecting bottle tops for her next project

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5 mins  |
November 2020
MIDDLE THAMES
Canal Boat

MIDDLE THAMES

In the second part of our guide, we follow the Thames upstream from Reading through the steep sided Goring Gap and quieter countryide to reach Oxford

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5 mins  |
November 2020
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Canal Boat

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Robert Davies recalls childhood memories of a popular holiday destination and uncovers a reminder of the golden age of canals

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10+ mins  |
November 2020
FIT FOR PURPOSE
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FIT FOR PURPOSE

Terry Hibbard from Harworth Heating offers his expert opinion following our feature on onboard stove safety

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3 mins  |
November 2020
BUCKING UP...
Canal Boat

BUCKING UP...

We join Waterway Recovery Group’s first canal restoration working party in six months - as WRG’s volunteers help the Buckingham Canal Society get the project back on track after lockdown

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10 mins  |
November 2020
ART ON THE WATER
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ART ON THE WATER

Graphic artist Katie Ruby lives and works on 32ft narrowboat Poppy

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2 mins  |
November 2020
Canal Boat

GO WITH THE FLOW

What makes a boat truly stand out from the crowd? Sometimes you just need a little finesse and a taste for adventure

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9 mins  |
November 2020
Canal Boat

A GLASS HALF-FULL AT BUCKBY WHARF

Tim Coghlan raised a glass on the Grand Union Canal as The New Inn reopened to the relief of regulars

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10 mins  |
November 2020