The Spring 2008 issue of NarrowBoat, on sale now from canalside shops, chandleries and museums – or by post – includes . . .
Basingstoke Canal
Paul Vine takes a detailed look at a once privately owned canal, now restored and in local authority care, but whose future is again uncertain
The Anderton Company
Alan Faulkner on a leading Trent & Mersey carrier that had almost 200 narrowboats in its fleet
Enterprise at Reading
David Blagrove recalls how narrowboats played a major role in promoting the restoration of the Kennet & Avon Canal with the launch of a trip boat service 50 year ago