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18 March 2015

The lowdown on dry stone walls.

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Narrowboat songs

18 March 2015

Frank Cottrell Boyce’s playlist for spring boating

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From sickness to health

5 March 2015

The unexpected history of cholera, Hackney Marshes and the Middlesex Filter Beds.

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My role: Waterways Chaplain

5 March 2015

“It’s rewarding going to bed at night knowing you’ve made a real difference to somebody's life,” says Hertfordshire chaplain Lorraine Newman.

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Narrowboat life

5 March 2015

Documentary filmmaker Chloe White lives on a 30ft fibreglass narrowboat. “In a boat, you’re much more in the world.”

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Study of… a grey heron

5 March 2015

With its mighty wingspan, dagger-like beak and black tassel trailing from the back of its head, the grey heron could pass for a pterodactyl soaring overhead. But this is no prehistoric flying reptile – this is our feathered king of the waterways; an elegant hunter with a powerful set of vocal chords and curious preening habits.

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Numerical waterways

5 March 2015

An exciting new Canal & River Trust project is starting this spring. The coast-to-coast canal trail is recruiting young volunteers from communities with high unemployment to help create a groundbreaking route across the country.

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My life on the canal

18 February 2015

Carl Heer teaches bakers in an exceptionally narrow classroom.

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