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apply for a cruise ship job without experience
20 December 2024 - CanalsOnline Magazine
What are the job opportunities on a cruise ship? How do you find a job on a cruise ship? Here's everything you need to know to land your dream job on a cruise ship!
WATERWAYS: Cash needed or closure risked
20 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
A PRESSURE group has called on the Government to give more cash to maintain the UK’s waterways – warning a ...
Boaters urged to support HVO Campaign for #GreenerBoatingDiesel
20 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
Christmas crackdown continues on unregistered Thames boats
20 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
VOTED: UK’s best marina
19 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
A CHESHIRE marina is the best in the UK – according to members of The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA). Overwater ...
January 2025
19 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.
Canal & River Trust appoints independently led Commission to review future framework for boat licensing
19 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
POEM & ARTWORK inspired by canal
18 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Lucy Wood investigates… THE Canal & River Trust charity and The Poetry Society have announced details of a new collaborative ...
CRUISE IT or lose it?
17 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
BOATERS are being urged to get cruising to the farthest parts of the UK waterway network as part of a ...
SUCS Crickheath South December report
16 December 2024 - The Montgomery Canal
As 2024 comes to an end, the final work party of the year was defined by named storm Darragh. Whilst spared the very worst of Storm Darragh endured by other parts of the country, Saturday was still a washout. One hour of hedge planting was sufficient to convince volunteers that they were better off at …
CANAL NETWORK: Education for kids
16 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
A NEW website aims to educate children and adults alike about the UK’s waterways. The Explorers programme provides a range ...
GREY HAIR: Too much on the canal?
14 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Phil Pickin poses a question that many groups associated with the waterways grapple with… what to do to overcome an ...
Pick up your January issue of Canal Boat
13 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
FESTIVE SPIRIT: Safe Anchor Trust
13 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Sally Clifford meets the family helping to bring the festive spirit to the Safe Anchor Trust. CHRISTMAS comes but once ...
CRUISE with Claus
12 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
CHILDREN and adults can cruise with Santa Claus from four different locations on the Chesterfield Canal this Christmas. For just ...
Fenny Marina joins Cruise Moor
11 December 2024 - Waterways World
The five independent inland marinas that launched the Cruise Moor scheme in 2023 have welcomed a sixth – Fenny Marina –into the fold. Cruise Moor provides boaters who …
VITAL WORK stops canal and river merging
11 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
EMERGENCY repair work to the UK’s longest canal and adjacent river has prevented the two waterways from merging. Recent heavy ...
FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS on inland waterways
10 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways. IT IS my unshakeable belief that the fact that ...
Annie Murray
9 December 2024 - CanalsOnline Magazine
When I lived in Selly Oak we were a stone’s throw from the Worcester and Birmingham canal, starting on its 30 mile west-bound journey at Gas Street Basin. I walked along it often. By the time I had written five other novels set in the city, I decided it was time to take a closer ...
EXPLORING your canal ancestry
9 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
In the latest in her family history series, Nicola Lisle looks at how you can trace ancestors who fell foul ...
SALT. NOW LENDING THROUGH NEW APP
9 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
CANOE RIVER CLEANER Jim Elliot
7 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Lucy Wood reports… An environmental campaigner is on a one-man crusade to make his local waterways cleaner – and educate ...
The True Cost of the Licence Fee Increase
6 December 2024 - NBTA London
The Canal and River Trust (CRT) has introduced a “glide path” with incremental and differential licence pricing through to 2028, which includes a significant surcharge on boats without a home mooring. The previously clear pricing structure has been replaced by online calculators, which obscure the true cost for boaters. Is this deception by design? Starting … <a href="https://nbtalondon.co.uk/2024/12/06/the-true-cost-of-the-licence-fee-increase/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The True Cost of the Licence Fee Increase</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
Chargeable Moorings Remain Underused
6 December 2024 - NBTA London
It’s been over a year since Canal and River Trust (CRT) started introducing chargeable moorings as part of their plan to bring down boat numbers in London. So far only part of the plan to bring in 1.1km of chargeable moorings have been implemented and already these ones have had a great impact on the … <a href="https://nbtalondon.co.uk/2024/12/06/chargeable-moorings-remain-underused/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chargeable Moorings Remain Underused</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
No Fire without Smoke!
6 December 2024 - NBTA London
Councils everywhere are being pushed to reduce air pollution, especially particulates emitted by burning of various fuels. Under Environment Act 2021, some are considering extending existing Smoke Control Areas to cover waterways. This will enable councils to enforce the use of smokeless fuels and/or DEFRA approved stoves on boats in those areas. No evidence is … <a href="https://nbtalondon.co.uk/2024/12/06/no-fire-without-smoke/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">No Fire without Smoke!</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
The Campaign for the Energy Grant
6 December 2024 - NBTA London
As we head into winter, the cost of living on a boat increases massively for many of us, with paying for coal, gas, or diesel to heat our homes. Some of us may forage for free wood to burn. However, this option is now threatened when moored within ‘clean air zones’ due to bans on … <a href="https://nbtalondon.co.uk/2024/12/06/the-campaign-for-the-energy-grant/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Campaign for the Energy Grant</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paddy Screech
6 December 2024 - Towpath Talk
Paddy Screech – Word on the Water, The London Bookbarge By Alice Elgie WHEN Paddy Screech and his friend, Jon ...
European Inland Waterways Guide
6 December 2024 - Canal Boat UK
jack frost
5 December 2024 - CanalsOnline Magazine
Last night brought the first deep frost of the year. With the morning sun, our surroundings shone with an ethereal beauty. Jack Frost had been busy overnight.
find your past
5 December 2024 - CanalsOnline Magazine
The season of Family Gatherings is upon us and as the clock ticks closer to Christmas, many people will find themselves among relatives who they don’t see all that often.