Narrowboating

More people than ever are turning their backs on traditional ways of living and taking to the water as a choice of lifestyle. Buying and living...

Canals are part of our cultural heritage, but today, what was the commercial network of the industrial revolution, has become the leisure playground...

When James Brindley designed and built his first canal in the 1760s to transport coal to Manchester had someone told him that in the 21st Century...

When it comes to the old traditional ways of life, there are few examples that are compatible with the day-today-living of the 21st Century. However,...

For a brief spell in history "canal mania" swept the land, but when the railways came steaming over the horizon, the canals were abandoned...

As with many things, it's the people, their stories and their experiences that can best describe life aboard a narrowboat. Join us in this programme...

DVD 1: WORKING ON THE CANALS For a brief spell in history "canal mania" swept the land, but when the railways came steaming over the...