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June 27, 2021

Making Roach’s diesel dream a reality

Finally, after many weeks of business planning, form filling, training, researching, risk assessments and more planning the appropriate approvals and certification were received and…

January 24, 2021

Roach Coal Boat movements

Where to find Roach Coal Boat this week

January 24, 2021

Steamboat Tony

Steamboat Tony (Tony Bryant) got his name from a wonderful project of his own making. He built his very own wooden steamboat – The Thrush Steamer – completely from scratch. It was an amazing feat.

December 20, 2020

Roach Coal Boat

One winter morning something new happened… and also very old. Roach returned to her working boat status and has once again become a coal boat.

October 25, 2020

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (… or Izzy for short!)

I was thrilled to meet Izzy a three month old puppy recently and pleased to find that apparently we started something when we named Brindley and Telford…

September 13, 2020

When Daisy met Roach

Daisy and Roach met for the first time a few days ago when Rich brought Roach onto the Thames too and met up with…

September 6, 2020

Having heard on the ‘towpath telegraph” that The Artist had been at work again I couldn’t wait to get a glimpse. So I called to request an interview and was most gratified to be granted one the very next day!

August 23, 2020

Brindley and Telford

For the canal system in the UK to exist, it needed to be designed, engineered and built… two names in particular stand out.

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