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Middle Level Then And Now August 1984 With John Revell Part 2

Part 2 of John Revells Middle Level narrowboating adventure. John makes the Salters Lode crossing at low water. He navigates the fourty foot river, river cam, sixteen foot and hundred foot New Bedford. He compares the then in August 1984 and the now for places to eat and stop he describes the characters he met back in 1984.Read more ›

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The Wisbech to Upwell Tram Projects

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 isRead more ›

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Our First Narrow Boat Adventure

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 aRead more ›

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Customer Testimonial of the Month May 2017

Perfect way to watch the world go by Booked Explorer for the day to celebrate our Anniversary. What a brilliant time. The staff are exceptionally good, and we were shown how to drive the boat etc. Children were all fittedRead more ›

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Seven Surprising Differences We Discovered Cruising the Middle Levels

I used to run a traditional pair of hotel narrowboats, Snipe and Taurus with my husband. We had a lot of routes that were standard fare – we did them regularly, and knew them really well, but every summer weRead more ›

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