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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 ›

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Feb012016

Old Bedford River John Revell makes further progress

Mooring customer John Revell sends us a further progress report on attempts to enter the Old Bedford river.  If you haven’t read John’s earlier report you will find it here. In September 2015 Lois and Roy Parker entered the Old Bedford River…Read more ›

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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 ›

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Aug222015

More thoughts from John Revell on the waterways.

With under a week to go until the IWA Northampton Festival of Water Peterborough Branch member, our mooring customer and local waterways campaigner John Revell reminisces about the Kennet and Avon canal.  An inland waterways restoration success. Descending the Devizes flight  I spent some time…Read more ›

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Jun172015

More thoughts from Waterway Campaigner and Mooring Customer John Revell

I spent nine days in April this year visiting the Chesterfield canal. It is an early contour canal designed by Brindley and completed in 1777. The canal declined over the years and most of the mining and heavy industry has…Read more ›

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