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Nov182016

Navigating the Old Bedford River

Following on from John Revell’s previous blog about the efforts to restore the Old Bedford river to navigation. John follows up with his latest thoughts. Photography by Mike Daines. In November 2016 I took my narrowboat Olive Emily, based at Fox’s…Read more ›

Tagged with: East Anglian Waterways Association, Inland Waterways Association, John Revell, old bedford river, Project Hereward, salter's lode, waterways campaigner

Oct282016

The Middle Level Navigations – one boater’s view

Before reading this article further it is worth thinking back to 1984 when John Revell first visited the Middle Level Navigations. In those days entry by boat to the system was restricted to boats of 49 feet in length because of the…Read more ›

Tagged with: East Anglian Waterways Association, IWA, John Revell, Middle Level, river great ouse, waterways campaigner, Well Creek Trust

Sep202015

Mooring customer John Revell talks of the Old Bedford river.

Waterways campaigner and IWA Peterborough Branch member John Revell talks about his latest campaigning trip on the local navigations. Lois and Roy Parker in their cruiser and Alastair and Jonathan Chambers and myself in my Fox narrowboat attempted to enter…Read more ›

Tagged with: East Anglian Waterways Association, EAWA, John Revell, Middle Level, old bedford river, Project Hereward, restoration, well creek

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