Tag: welford arm

Welford Arm – a restoration tale

by Kay May 23, 2019 12 Comments

Welford Remembers This past weekend marked 50 years since the Welford Arm was re-opened in 1969 after 13 years of abandonment and vandalism which began in 1946. In May 1969 Sir Frank Price, chair of the British Waterways Board and boat-owner came to Welford to mark this momentous occasion. The restoration saw the beginning of […]

Canal , Canal journey , Narrowboat , welford

Winter on the cut: hirers & otters

by Kay February 5, 2019 4 Comments

Mild winter The first part of winter 2018-2019 has been unseasonably mild in Northamptonshire. The canal and marina have hardly frozen, unlike the winter of 2017-18 when it was frozen hard early in December. I have been out both walking and on Pea Green. Monte the Cat and I headed out of the marina on […]