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This is held on the BCN Old Line at Tipton West Midlands, very near to the Black Country Museum. It shows how such parochial festivals are growing in popularity….

10-12 Sept 2009 Black Country Boating Festival. As I was abroad during the 2010 event I thought I would report on the 2009 event. This was a superb event in 2009 with plenty to interest everyone old or young, canal folk or people just out for an event…..

I’m on holiday in Corfu until 20 September, so may not be able to update TheBlog, so……

Rain was forcasted for 11am and 2am so, although I wanted to visit the Kennet & Avon at Bradford (and the town itself), I didn’t expect to take decent photos or find boatrers who were in a sociable mood. Luckily neither scenario happened and the sun shone from a super blue sky punctuated with lovely [...]

I was staying at the Travelodge Menzies hotel which surrounds a pound which serves Lock 7 of the K&A. I had arrived the previous day and after much pleading and reasoning that I was there to do an article on the canal and needed a view of the canal to monitor passing boats, I was [...]

I encountered nb Goldcrest 1 mile south of Kidderminster approaching Falling Sands Bridge from the South and a tricky situation………

I followed nb Moonshadow through the busy canal centre of Banbury……

This was the FIRST one of these to be held, and spanned 19-21 August, and I was hoping for a great day out, but…….

I hear that BW has used National Bike Week to try and get towpath cyclists in London to slow down and follow the Towpath Code. So they launched a Two Ting campaign. I applaud this….

Times of austerity. What ideas have we as canal users and supporters? What does the foreseeable future hold for the inland waterways of the UK, now that the new government is installed and looking for cuts and increased income to the treasury?….