

Beat The Canal Closure! A Narrowboat Journey on the Macclesfield Canal.
We need to get a move on and beat the canal closure! A narrowboat journey on the Macclesfield Canal after five glorious weeks means we...


Disaster Imminent! Saving Toddbrook Reservoir Dam from Collapse and Flooding Whaley Bridge!
On the 1st of August 2019, following 48-hours of unprecedented rainfall, the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir was in danger of bursting as the...


Narrowboat to Bugsworth Basin and discovering the Peak Forest Tramway.
In the second of our episodes exploring the Peak Forest Canal, we board Narrowboat Silver Fox and continue our journey heading from New...


Marple Aqueduct to New Mills. Narrowboat Adventures on the Peak Forest Canal.
The first of three episodes following our narrowboat adventures on the Peak Forest Canal. In this episode we begin our journey by...


Descending the Pennines on a Narrowboat. Diggle towards Manchester by Canal.
Once again we find ourselves in Lancashire, moored just a few metres from the end of the Standedge Tunnel, ready to descend down the...


Exploring Standedge Tunnel. The Longest, Highest, Deepest Canal Tunnel in the UK
Today we take Narrowboat Silver Fox deep under the Pennines through Standedge Tunnel. The longest, highest, deepest canal tunnel in the...


68. Tight Squeeze! Narrowboat on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
We leave Shepley Bridge and make a sharp left turn at Cooper Bridge onto the Huddersfield Broad Canal. After an overnight stopover at...


67. Pump-Out Disaster! Narrowboat on the Calder & Hebble Navigation
We leave Castleford crossing the junction to take the Aire and Calder Navigation, towards Stanley Ferry where we cross the historic cast...


How are Canal Lock Gates made? Find out at the Canal & River Trust Stanley Ferry Workshop
They hold back thousands of gallons of water and control height on the canal network, but how are canal lock gates made? We took a visit...


Flooded Mines and 200ft Electric Locks. Narrowboat from Leeds to Castleford
After the eye-candy videography of the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines, we bring narrowboat Silver Fox back into civilisation, making a...