We are pleased to share for our customers the Navigation Spring 2022 newsletter reproduced here with permission of Middle Level Commissioners. It is now 18 months since the Middle Level Commissioners (MLC) introduced licencing for pleasure craft for the first…Read more ›
Today as the river Great Ouse hosts the boat race we are fortunate to have a guest post from David Goode Fellow and Praelector of Wolfson College Cambridge regarding the boat race channel on the river Great Ouse. My friend,…Read more ›
Middle Level Commissioners Chief Executive Officer David Thomas shares his response to the Cambridgeshire Times newspaper with us following enquiries by local MP Stephen Barclay. “I was aware that there are a number of boaters who are not happy with…Read more ›
Proving the curvature of the earth on the Old Bedford River, Chris Howes explores! From the secure perspective of the 21st Century we all know which camp we belong to, Zetetics or Globularists. No longer do heated arguments rage in…Read more ›
Fox Boat owner Chris shares his thoughts on Fenland names throughout time. What’s in a name ? Fenland has been described by many nicknames over the years – and each one sheds a different light on various aspects of its…Read more ›
Local Historian and Author Bill Smith tells us about the Upwell and Outwell Tram Projects. Bill has been a member of the Well Creek Trust since the 1970’s when our own founder Charlie Fox was also a member. This is…Read more ›
We received this incomplete email from a fellow fox boat owner late last night:- I’m currently moored near Prickwillow on the River Lark, somewhere between the middle of nowhere and the back of beyond. I’ve just been reading a local folk tale…Read more ›
Carol and her partner Kev took their first narrowboat holiday with us in 2018. Carol has recently had the article published in her local boat club magazine and has kindly agreed to us reproducing it here. Its only been a…Read more ›
On our Spring 4-night narrowboat break aboard Rural Fox we headed out onto the river Great Ouse. Our first day after a cruise of 3 ½ hours and having negotiated the Marmont Priory lock we moored for the night in…Read more ›
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