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Waterways World Latest Issue

The March 2010 issue of Waterways World includes: Pull out guide to The Staffs & Worcs; On Test - Narrow Dog's New Boat; The Worst Book Ever? Victorian derring-do; Avoiding Collisions; PLUS: Restoration - the Wilts & Berks, Welsh Cruising - The Mon & Brec, Fit a Python Drive - does it cut noise?; and much more

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Waterways World Annual 2009

Meticulously researched and updated by some of Britain's top waterways experts, this year's annual contains comprehensive information on owning, buying and selling a boat; hire boat fleets; restoration; fitting out a narrowboat; boatyard services; moorings; surveyors & examiners. Plus the Canalmanac and your free route planning map!

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Waterside Pubs - by Mike Lucas (Subscriber Price)

Since the mid 1960s, Mike Lucas has travelled most of Britain's canals and rivers and over this time particular pubs have become his favourites. Here he shares them with you. There is a wide variety - some are almost unaltered since the time when boat people walked the towpaths with their horses, others are chosen because of their architecture or history, their atmosphere or the part they play in community life. All are proper pubs serving real ales and, often, home-cooked food as well. Most you can reach by car but, if you can, visit by boat or canoe, or walk or cycle along the towpath to them. However you get there, enjoy!

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Waterside Pubs - by Mike Lucas (non-subscriber price)

Since the mid 1960s, Mike Lucas has travelled most of Britain's canals and rivers and over this time particular pubs have become his favourites. Here he shares them with you. There is a wide variety - some are almost unaltered since the time when boat people walked the towpaths with their horses, others are chosen because of their architecture or history, their atmosphere or the part they play in community life. All are proper pubs serving real ales and, often, home-cooked food as well. Most you can reach by car but, if you can, visit by boat or canoe, or walk or cycle along the towpath to them. However you get there, enjoy!

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The Last Number Ones (Subscriber Price)

The 'Number Ones' were the proud elite of boat people who owned and operated their own cargo-carrying narrowboats. Joe and Rose Skinner were the last of them. This book brings together their story, along with their long-serving horse-boat Friendship, as a celebration of their unique position in waterway history. Edited by Hugh Potter, it includes a free CD-ROM featuring captivating interviews with Joe and Rose.

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The Last Number Ones (Edited by Hugh Potter, non-subscriber price)

The 'Number Ones' were the proud elite of boat people who owned and operated their own cargo-carrying narrowboats. Joe and Rose Skinner were the last of them. This book brings together their story, along with their long-serving horse-boat Friendship, as a celebration of their unique position in waterway history. Edited by Hugh Potter, it includes a free CD-ROM featuring captivating interviews with Joe and Rose.

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WW Guide to Narrowboat Planning (Graham Booth)

The compact interiors of canal boats require careful planning to make the best use of the small space available. This book provides ideas, inspiration and technical solutions for the design of accommodation in a canal boat. It will help you to plan a new boat or to modify and improve an existing layout. Part 1 looks at the design of individual areas, examines the space needed for each activity, the pros and cons of each option and how the design of one area can affect another. Part 2 features 18 carefully selected case studies.

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The Narrowboat Builder's Book (Graham Booth)

The third edition of the standard work on fitting out traditional narrowboat shells. Starting with the purchase of a shell, it takes you through how to find an engine, the tools needed for DIY fitting out, insulation, lining out, water heating, electrics etc. Comprehensive listings of shell builders, engine suppliers and all the other necessary suppliers.

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James Brindley - Canal Pioneer (Christine Richardson: hardback)

Christine Richardson has worked hard and to good effect to combine the fact and fantasy surrounding James Brindley into a very readable book. 136 pages, hardback.

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James Brindley - Canal Pioneer (Christine Richardson: paperback)

Christine Richardson has worked hard and to good effect to combine the fact and fantasy surrounding James Brindley into a very readable book. 136 pages, paperback.

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The Regent's Canal (Alan Faulkner)

In the first detailed history of the canal, the author traces the canal from its inception, through its construction and commercial success, to its eventual decline and new leisure role. 176 pages, hardback.

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Precious Cargo - 50 Years of Hotel Boats (Robin Smithett)

From tentative beginnings in the 1950s to a thriving industry today, here is a definitive history of hotel boats. Anecdotes, historic and coloured photographs cover all aspects of hotel boat life including routes, operators and crew. 128 pages, hardback.

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Windlass in my Belt - John Thorpe

NOW BACK IN PRINT! An autobiographical and evocative tale of a young boy's journey into manhood set against the background of the Midland canal system in the 1950s and 60s. An enduring passion begins with early family trips and his parents' purchase of a canalside cottage at Stoke Bruerne. It tells of his acceptance into the canal community and gives a vivid account of life on, and journeys in, a working boat. An eulogy to friendship and the lost world of working boats.

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Waterways World Grand Union Cruising Guide: Northampton to the Thames

The Grand Union Canal links Birmingham with London. This guidebook follows the southern part of the waterway from the outskirts of Northampton to central London where it provides a vital water space and rural 'lung' for a densely built up area. The canal passes through one of Britain's longest canal tunnels at Blisworth, past the world-famous Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne and southwards over the summit at tring to descend to the Thames at Brentford. Branches to Northampton's river Nene, to Aylesbury and to Slough are included as are the Paddington Arm and the Regent's Canal, which passes London Zoo to reach the Thames in Docklands. The guides are clear and easy to use with full-colour maps, showing boating facilities and places of interest.

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Waterways World Kennet & Avon Cruising Guide: From the Thames to Bristol

This clear and easy to use guide is the perfect companion for all visitors to the waterway between Reading and Bristol; whether walking, cycling, boating or simply arriving by car or public transport to enjoy the beauty of the canal. The waterway, once a vital commercial artery of the English economy, had gradually fallen into a state of deriliction by the 1950s. But as a result of a 40 year campaign by determined enthusiasts it was restored and reopened to full use by Her Majesty the Queen in 1990. The canal passes through some of the most beautiful countryside in southern England from the Thames Valley through the Vale of the White Horse to the Bristol Avon at Bath. The full colour maps include boaters' facilities, museums, pubs, restaurants and cafes, etc.

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Waterways World Llangollen & Montgomery Cruising Guide

World-famous, the Llangollen Canal is one of the most popular routes for holiday cruising; spectacular aqueducts and embankments alternate with short tunnels, lift-bridges and staircase locks amidst breathtaking scenery. From Hurleston, near Nantwich, the waterway meanders through lush Cheshire pastures, climbs the famous Grindley brook staircase locks district and, by way of Whitchurch, passes through Ellesmere's lake district. Beyond the awe-inspiring 200-year old Pontcysyllte Aqueduct the canal clings to the side of the Dee valley to finally reach Llangollen. Branching off at Frankton, the Montgomery Canal may be followed via Welshpool to Newtown - but not all the way, yet, by boat - this guide describes the continuing restoration process. Clear and easy to use with full-colour maps and packed with essential information.

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Waterways World Oxford Canal Cruising Guide: From the Midlands to the Thames

This clear and easy to use guide is the perfect companion for all visitors to the waterway between the Midlands and the Thames at Oxford; whether walking, cycling, boating or simply arriving by car or public transport to enjoy the beauty of the canal. The waterway, once the main commercial artery from the industrial Midlands to London, was threatened with closure by the 1950s. But, as a result of a determined campaign, it has become one of the country's most popular cruising and long distance walking routes. Starting from the edge of the Midlands conurbation, the waterway climbs gradually to its remote and beautiful Cotswold summit. The descent to Oxford's dreaming spires passes through attractive stone-built villages to the Cherwell Valley. The full colour maps include boaters' facilities, museums and pubs etc.

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Waterways World Shropshire Union Cruising Guide

The Shropshire Union Canal links the Midlands to the Mersey. One of the last long-distance narrowboat canals, it strides across countryside on spectacular high embankments and through awe-inspiring cuttings. Leaving the Staffs & Worcs Canal on the northern outskirts of Wolverhampton, it strikes out through rural Staffordshire and Shropshire, passing historic Market Drayton before descending to the lush Cheshire Plain to reach the black & white buildings of Nantwich. Skirting the city walls of Roman Chester boats can join the river Dee or continue to the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port where narrowboats can join ocean-going cargo ships on the Manchester Ship Canal. Packed with essential information for canal users with clear and easy to use full-colour maps showing the route of the canal and also all major roads, facilities for boaters, pubs and eating places, museums and places of interest, and more.

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Waterways World Binder (Subscriber)

Archive your collection with a Waterways World binder. Bound in blue with the Waterways World logo blocked on the spine, each binder holds 12 issues, keeping them in perfect condition for easy reference. SUBSCRIBERS SAVE £1.

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Waterways World Binder (Non-Subscriber)

Archive your collection of magazines with a Waterways World Binder. Bound in blue with the Waterways World logo blocked on the spine, each binder holds 12 issues, keeping them in perfect condition for easy reference.

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Waterways World Thermal Mug

The Waterways World Thermal Mug will keep your hot drinks hot and your cold drinks cold. It's perfect for boating in any weather.

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