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Podcast The Waterways World Podcast

The Waterways World Podcast

Waterways World

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 33

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From city centres to remote countryside, Britain’s canals and rivers provide a peaceful, slower pace of life, while offering fascinating insights into our industrial past. Waterways World editor Bobby Cowling explores the rich culture of our inland navigations in a series of fortnightly interviews with personalities from around the network. Whether you’re a boater, walker, nature-lover or heritage enthusiast, each episode will bring you closer to this unique world.
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Buying and selling boats: Ian Parrott

vendredi 4 mars 2022 • Duration 45:36

Ian Parrott is the general manager of the New & Used Boat Company’s office at Mercia Marina, and he has spent 15 years in the boat-brokerage business. He is also a keen waterways enthusiast with his own heritage craft. In conversation with WW editor Bobby Cowling, he provides a fascinating insight into his industry.

Female boat trainees of WWII: Mike Constable

vendredi 18 février 2022 • Duration 50:50

Mike Constable is an authority on the female trainees of World War II who volunteered to work cargo-carrying boats and, in so doing, experienced a completely new way of life. In conversation with editor Bobby Cowling, Mike provides insights into the role of the trainees and dispels the myth that they were ever disparagingly referred to as the ‘Idle Women’.

Series 2 update from Bobby Cowling

vendredi 17 septembre 2021 • Duration 01:14

Waterways World editor Bobby Cowling looks back at series one of the Waterways World podcast and reveals the series two launch date

Women of the waterways

vendredi 30 juillet 2021 • Duration 46:13

Alarum Productions was founded in 2016 by Kate Saffin and Heather Wastie to celebrate the real-life stories of women on the waterways through public performances, publications and podcasts. In conversation with WW editor Bobby Cowling, the pair discuss their recent project, I Dig Canals, and their experiences of performing at canalside venues while touring the country by boat.

Cycling and the Waterways

vendredi 16 juillet 2021 • Duration 39:42

As an avid boater and cycling enthusiast, Richard Fairhurst is well placed to give a balanced perspective of towpath cycling. In conversation with editor Bobby Cowling, he offers advice on travelling the waterways by bike.

Cruising in Europe

vendredi 2 juillet 2021 • Duration 40:37

For many years in WW magazine, writer Alison Alderton has documented her extensive travels across Europe aboard a Dutch barge-replica. In conversation with editor Bobby Cowling, she describes her love of the waterways of Ireland and Sweden, and her passion for out-of-season boating.

History of living afloat

mardi 22 juin 2021 • Duration 42:54

Best known as a TV writer and performer, Julian Dutton also writes books, and his latest, ‘Water Gypsies: a History of Life on Rivers and Canals’, explores the long tradition of living afloat in this country, from ancient times through to today. In conversation with editor Bobby Cowling, Julian describes growing up on a house-boat at Chelsea in the 1960s and the many fascinating things he uncovered during his research.

Writer and liveaboard boater Tony Jones

vendredi 4 juin 2021 • Duration 48:33

Tony Jones has lived afloat for over 16 years and has written two practical guides to boating, as well as regular articles for Waterways World magazine. In discussion with editor Bobby Cowling, he describes his unconventional journey to boat-ownership, how the waterways inspired his writing career and his unusual solution to creating more space aboard his floating home.

The Minimal List: Well-travelled boaters

vendredi 21 mai 2021 • Duration 55:24

After four years as continuous-cruisers, Jo and Michael Morehouse are now close to having boated every waterway on the connected system. In conversation with Bobby Cowling, they discuss being the first to complete IWA’s Silver Propeller Challenge and the surprise success of their YouTube videos, posted under the alias Minimal List.

The Piano Boat

vendredi 7 mai 2021 • Duration 53:45

As a floating concert hall and musical hotel-boat, complete with its own grand piano and internationally acclaimed pianist, the Piano Boat is a unique concept. Set to begin operations this summer, we speak to owners Masayuki Tayama and Rhiana Henderson.

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