Boating blogs and features

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  Online tools and advice for planning a canal boat trip

  12 August 2020

  Whether you’re an experienced liveaboard boater or a new leisure boater, we’ve put together these handy tips and resources to help you plan your next canal boat trip.

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  Full steam ahead!

  3 June 2020

  Here's a few of the best places on the waterways to spot steam trains.

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  How to survive your first winter

  11 November 2019

  Helpful advice, especially for new continuous cruising boaters facing their first winter living onboard the inland waterways of Britain. A three part series of advice collated with thanks from suggestions, tips and the experiences of seasoned boaters.

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  Boater Report 2019

  17 September 2019

  The Boater Report gives an overview of how much it costs to maintain our canals and rivers. This includes where the Trust’s money comes from and where it gets spent, for example how much gets spent on dredging, maintenance, vegetation management or on customer service and facilities.

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  Vote from a boat

  28 August 2019

  Ever wondered, as a liveaboard boater, what you need to do to have your say when we're all called on to vote on something? If you answered yes, read on...

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  Survey of hire boaters and boaters in unpowered craft

  20 March 2019

  Knowing what boaters think about the waterways that the Canal & River Trust cares for is important to us. As someone who has recently been on our waters we’d really like to hear your feedback. The responses you give in this survey will help us improve them and plan for the future so that they are preserved for generations to come.

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  Unlocking our waterway treasures

  30 January 2019

  Have you ever found yourself waiting in a long queue at a lock flight on a popular cruising route day-dreaming of a quieter alternative? At some busy locations, especially during the school holidays, you can find yourself waiting an hour or more for passage. In this series of features we explore alternatives if you want to escape the crowds with routes less travelled and treasures waiting to be discovered.

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  It was 20 years ago in May…

  26 January 2019

  Damian Kemp, our Boaters' Update editor, looks back at some of the highlights from 20 years of the Crick Boat Show.

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  Boats in Bloom

  17 March 2017

  We’re celebrating the people whose green fingers and gardening achievements help make our waterways such pleasant places to visit. This summer we’ll be presenting certificates to those whose plants, flowers and vegetable displays make a positive contribution to our canals and rivers.

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  Outer space: making the most of tiny narrowboat spaces

  1 August 2016

  Check out how Charlotte has made the most of the space in her narrowboat.