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HOME PAGE
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Site map - YOU ARE HERE
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About me (index)
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  Our personal details
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  Our professional lives& my former day-job with the ATL (2 pages)
30 Oct 2000
19 Mar 2002
  Us & the waterways
2 Feb 2001
4 January 2006
  Our first boat -- Felis Catus (2 main pages + 23 pix)
30 Oct 2000
4 January 2006
  Our second boat -- Felis Catus II (1 main page + 12 pix)
30 October 2000
4 January 2006
  Our current boat -- Felis Catus III (7 main pages + 128 pix)
12 February 2005
1 Feb 2006
  Our cats & cats afloat (3 pages)
11 Feb 2001
10 May 2006
  My repertoire of waterways lectures
30 Oct 2000
11 August 2007
    My response to the HMRC consutatlion on the taxation of diesel fuel for leisure boats.
22 September 2007
  
  How to contact me
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Waterways Humour (index) (2 pages)
20 Dec 2000
2 September 2006
Hapless history
  Tales of the Middle Levels and the Rings of Dreams by Ian West
2 September 2007
  
  The Manky Canal or Man over Board by Tony Haynes
2 September 2006
  
  The Cape to Cairo Grand Imperial Canal by Sean Neill
30 Oct 2000
  
  The Reykjavic - Akureyrie Canal by Sean Neill
30 Oct 2000
  
  The Geneva & Ticino Canal by Sean Neill
30 Oct 2000
  
  The St. Kilda canal by Sean Neill
30 Oct 2000
  
  The Chorleywood Canal by Peter Hardcastle
20 Mar 2002
24 Mar 2002
  Water Space : the final frontier by Reg at Rickmansworth
5 Jan 2001
  
  A distant connection by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  The greatest waterway never built by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  Now it can be told: the Nitts & Stuffs Canal by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  History of the Grand Onion Canal by Mike Stevens
1 Sep 2001
  
  Did it all really begin like this? by Mike Stevens
3 April 2006
  
Pointless politics
  Waterways campaigning a climate threat by Mike Stevens
2 September 2007
  
  Old Mike's Almanack for 2007 by Mike Stevens
2 September 2006
  
  REGulations by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 December 2002
  
  Lowering the profile of the waterways by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 December 2002
  
  New Links by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 December 2002
  
  Waterways Restoration Funding by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 December 2002
  
  The Future of our Waterways by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  Latton: the price by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  The (water)way forward by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  Preserving our Waterways Heritage by Reg at Rickmansworth
5 Jan 2001
  
  Yes, Waterways Minister (1) by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  Yes, Waterways Minister (2) by Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
  Signs of the times by Reg at Rickmansworth
5 Jan 2001
  
  Waterways for Youth by Reg at Rickmansworth
5 Jan 2001
  
  Waterways for Ale? by Reg at Rickmansworth
5 Jan 2001
  
  Our Waterways Heritage (again) by Reg at Rickmansworth
6 Feb 2001
  
  Yes, Minister 3 : The Bastion Report by Mike Stevens
18 Sep 2001
  
  The Anderton Lift by Richard Lucas
28 Mar 2002
  
  Reg on moorings by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 Aug 2004
  
  Double trouble by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 Aug 2004
  
Rootless reports
  Reg on WRG by Reg at Rickmansworth
21 December 2002
  
  Taking the rise out of locks by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  The Birmingham of Italy by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  Henley "Reg"atta by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
Hopeless help
  Boaters' Etiquette by John Gwalter
2 September 2006
2 September 2007
  A guide to coarse canal cruising by Peter Roberts
13 May 2003
  
  Flexible Driveline by Mike Stevens
11 April 2002
  
  The Car Shuffle by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  Tips for saving water by Reg at Rickmansworth
18 Dec 2000
  
  Some collective nouns for the waterways by Colin Edwards & Mike Stevens
30 Oct 2000
  
Verse or worse
    Fen Fever by Anne Coleman
2 September 2007
  
    The vehicles came down two by two by Anne Coleman
2 September 2007
  
    St Ives Festival song by Anne Coleman
2 September 2007
  
    Ruthless Rhymes for Beastly Boaters by Stanley Holland
2 September 2007
  
    I am the very model of a turn from old time music hall by Anne Coleman
2 September 2007
  
  Messing about on the River by Anne Coleman
2 September 2006
  
  Lewis Carroll filks by Mike & Wendy Stevens
2 September 2006
  
  2006 Preview by Mike Stevens
2 September 2006
  
Huw Davies' waterways cartoons (1 main page + 30 pix)
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London's Waterways (1 main page + 2 pics)
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London waterways map
30 Oct 2000
30 Oct 2001
The Grand Union Main Line
  Facilities for visiting boats
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
  Photos (1 main page + 38 pix)
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
The Paddington Branch
  Facilities for visiting boats
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
  Photos (2 main pages + 53 pix)
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
The Regent's Canal
  Map
30 Oct 2000
8 Feb 2001
  Facilities for visiting boats
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
  Photos (2 main pages + 36 pix)
30 Oct 2000
29 June 2007
The lower part of the Lee Navigation
  Facilities for visiting boats
30 Oct 2000
13 June 2003
  Photos (1 main page +39 pics)
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
The Bow Back Rivers
  Maps (2 pages)
30 Oct 2000
8 Feb 2001
  Photos (1 main page + 33 pics)
30 Oct 2000
29 June 2007
The Thames Tideway
  Photos (1 main page + 26 pics)
30 Oct 2000
29 May 2007
Residential moorings in London
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Maps of waterways history (Index)
30 Oct 2000
  
Before 1750 (12 pages)
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14 Feb 2001
1750 - 1760 (12 pages)
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1760 - 1770 (12 pages)
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1770 - 1780 (12 pages)
30 Oct 2000
1 Jul 2001
1780 - 1790 (12 pages)
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1790 - 1800 (12 pages)
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1800 - 1810 (12 pages)
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1810 - 1820 (12 pages)
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1820 - 1830 (12 pages)
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1830 - 1840 (12 pages)
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1840 - 1850 (12 pages)
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01 Jul 2001
1850 - 1860 (12 pages)
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1860 - 1870 (12 pages)
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01 Jul 2001
1870 - 1880 (12 pages)
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1880 - 1890 (12 pages)
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1890 - 1900 (12 pages)
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1900 - 1910 (12 pages)
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1910 - 1920 (12 pages)
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1920 - 1930 (12 pages)
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1930 - 1940 (12 pages)
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1940 - 1950 (12 pages)
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Boating & Sailing Trip Reports (Index)
30 Oct 2000
5 September 2007
Canal trips    
  Hire-boating — Our first trips of all, 1972 & 1973 (1 main page + 11 pix)
30 Oct 2000
25 Oct 2001
  Hire-boating — Back to the Leeds & Liverpool, Summer 1975 (2 main pages + 52 pix)
16 Dec 2000
25 Oct 2001
  Hire-boating — Our first Midlands trip, 1976 (2 main pages + 60 pix)
16 Dec 2000
16 Dec 2001
  Hire-boating — The River Wey, Autumn 1976 (1 main page + 33 pix)
30 Oct 2000
28 Oct 2001
  Hire-boating — On the Leeds & Liverpool, Easter 1977 (1 main page + 36 pix)
22 Apr 2001
29 Oct 2001
  Hire-boating — Foxton & Cropredy, Summer 1977 (3 main pages + 66 pix)
22 Apr 2001
30 Oct 2001
  Felis Catus — Our first months as owners, 1977 (2 main pages + 22 pix)
22 Apr 2001
1 Nov 2001
  Felis Catus — Our first long summer, 1978 (8 main pages + 132 pix)
2 Jan 2001
6 Nov 2001
  Felis Catus — To the Kennet, Autumn 1978 (2 main pages+ 31 pix)
26 Apr 2001
09 Nov 2001
  Felis Catus — Spring & early Summer, 1979 (2 main pages + 42 pix)
10 Nov 2001
10 Nov 2001
  Felis Catus — My longest trip yet, 1979 (4 main pages 86 pix)
30 Oct 2000
26 May 2002
  Felis Catus — The Lee & Stort, Autumn 1979 (3 main pages + 47 pix)
17 Nov 2001
18 Nov 2001
  Felis Catus — Spring & Summer 1980 (4 main pages + 105 pix)
12 Apr 2001
26 May 2002
  Crewing for Mike Foster — Full stop on the Nene, 1980 (1 main page + 9 pix)
30 Oct 2000
12 Aug 2001
  Felis Catus — Autumn 1980 on the Grand Junction (1 main page + 22 pix)
25 Nov 2001
  
  Felis Catus — Some sociable boating, Summer 1981 (1 main page + 25 pix)
21 Apr 2001
24 March 2002
  Felis Catus — Autumn weekending, Autumn 1981 (1 main page + 14 pix)
21 Apr 2001
26 May 2002
  Felis Catus — The last season with our first boat, 1982 (5 main pages + 149 pix)
6 Jan 2001
4 July 2002
  Hire-boating — The Four Counties Ring etc, August 1983 (7 main pages + 183 pix)
12 Apr 2001
22 Jan 2003
  Hire-boating — The Cheshire Ring and the Leeds & Liverpool, August 1984 (5 main pages + 130 pix)
10 Apr 2001
21 Nov 2004
  Hire-boating — To the Severn and the Shroppie, August 1985 (5 main pages + 156 pix)
10 Apr 2001
14 Dec 2004
  Hire-boating — On the Grand Union, Autumn 1985 (1 main page + 30 pix)
20 Apr 2001
10 January 2005
  Hire-boating — A week on the BCN, Easter 1986 (4 main pages + 84 pix)
17 January 2005
10 January 2005
  Hire-boating — Kent Green and the Leicester Ring, August 1986 (4 main pages + 82 pix)
17 Apr 2001
10 January 2005
  Hire-boating — Birmingham and Sharpness, August 1987 (6 main pages + 138 pix)
17 Apr 2001
14 Feb 2005
  Hire-boating — Birmingham and the Shroppie, October 1987 (2 main pages + 39 pix)
22 Feb 2005
  
  Hire-boating — Birmingham and the Thames, August 1988 (4 main pages + 92 pix)
1 Jan 2001
17 April 2005
  Hire-boating — Around the BCN, October 1988
1 Jan 2001
17 April 2005
  Hire-boating — Brum, Stourbridge and the Llangollen, August 1989 (5 main pages + 110 pix)
29 Dec 2000
18 June 2005
  Hire-boating — Brum, Stourport & the Stourbridge, April 1990 (1 main page + 26 pix)
20 January 2006
  
  Hire-boating — The Birmingham / Manchester Ring, August 1990 (1 main page + 21 pix)
29 Dec 2000
21 January 2006
  Felis Catus II — Fetching home the new boat, Autumn 1990
3 Jan 2002
  
  Felis Catus II — Early season, 1991
10 June 2002
  
  Felis Catus II — To the Fens & Birmingham, Summer 1991 (3 main pages + 35 pix)
16 Jan 2001
25 January 2006
  Felis Catus II — Four waterways events, Spring & Summer 1992 (3 main pages + 30 pix)
31 Dec 2001
1 Feb 2006
  Felis Catus II — To Stratford & Birmingham, Summer & Autumn 1992 (3 main pages + 64 pix)
20 Feb 2001
8 February 2006
  Felis Catus II — To the Lee & Stort, June 1993 (1 main page + 19 pix)
26 Dec 2000
9 February 2006
  Felis Catus II — Leicester & the BCN, Summer 1993 (5 main pages + 104 pix)
26 Dec 2000
15 March 2006
  Felis Catus II — Back to the Lee, Autumn 1993
26 Dec 2000
25 Jan 2001
  Felis Catus II — A Southern Cruise, Summer 1994 (8 main pages + 197 pix)
26 Dec 2000
15 January 2007
  Felis Catus II — Autumn & Winter 1994
24 Jul 2001
  
  Felis Catus II — A long summer, May to October 1995 (6 main pages + 91 pix)
26 Dec 2000
25 Jan 2001
  Felis Catus II — Spring & Summer events in London, 1996 (3 main pages + 57 pix)
18 Apr 2001
30 January 2007
  Felis Catus II — The run to Birmingham, July & August 1996
18 Apr 2001
  
  Felis Catus II — A Marathon weekend, August 1996 (1 main page + 24 pix)
30 Oct 2000
1 February 2007
  Felis Catus II — To Gloucester & back, July & August 1996 (1 main page +8 pix)
18 Apr 2001
1 February 2007
  Felis Catus II — Back to the BCN, August 1996 (1 main page + 27 pix)
30 Oct 2000
1 February 2007
  Felis Catus II — Home and the Limehouse Festival, Autumn1996 (1 main page + 23 pix)
18 Apr 2001
9 February 2007
  Felis Catus II — Leicester and the Trent, Summer 1997 (4 pages + 48 pix)
26 Dec 2000
18 February 2007
  Felis Catus II — Autumn & Winter 1997
25 Jul 2001
  
  Felis Catus II — Spring 1998 (1 main page + 17 pix)
25 Jul 2001
22 March 2007
  Felis Catus II — The BCN Marathon 1998 (1 main page + 26 pix)
30 Oct 2000
3 June 2007
  Felis Catus II — In Northern Waters, 1998 (3 pages)
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Felis Catus II — Easter 1999
25 Nov 2001
03 Jan 2002
  Felis Catus II — Canalway Cavalcade 1999 (2 main pages + 18 pix)
10 Jun 2001
  
  Seen from ashore — The BCN Marathon 1999 - A scroot's-eye view (3 main pages + 10 pix)
30 Oct 2000
22 June 2001
  Felis Catus II — Worcester or bust : Summer & Autumn 1999
26 Dec 2000
20 Feb 2001
  Felis Catus II — A delivery run on the Thames, May 2000
30 Oct 2000
20 Feb 2001
  Felis Catus II — More interruptions than cruising, Spring 2000
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Crewing for Jeff Dennison — The BCN Marathon 2000
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Felis Catus II — Summer 2000 (3 pages)
30 Oct 2000
20 Feb 2001
  Felis Catus II — Canalway Cavalcade 2001 ( 1 main page + 24 pix)
10 Jun 2001
  
  Felis Catus II — A disastrous summer : August 2001 (3 pages)
03 Sep 2001
  
  Felis Catus II — Easter weekend 2003
15 Dec 2003
  
  Crewing for David Pearce — Up the Creek on Gnashers II (1 main page +25 pix)
13 July 2003
15 Dec 2003
  Felis Catus II — Summer & Autumn cruising 2003 (6 main pages + 151 pix)
15 Dec 2003
  
  Felis Catus II — With nb President in London, May 2004 (1 main page + 32 pix)
19 Aug 2004
  
  Felis Catus II — Our last trip on FCII, Summer 2005 (9 main pages + 248 pix)
26 Jan 2006
5 December 2006
  Felis Catus III — The maiden trip of the new boat (2 main pages + 21 pix)
19 January 2006
  
  Felis Catus III — Winter on the BCN, Jan — Mar 2006 (1 main page +30 pix)
7 March 2006
15 March 2006
  Felis Catus III — Southwards from Birmingham - March & April 2006 (4 main pages + 92 pix)
3 April 2006
8 August 2006
  Felis Catus III — Festivals at Rickmansworth and Brookwood — May & early June 2006 (2 main pages + 52 pix)
8 August 2006
8 September 2006
  Felis Catus III — The Rivers Lee & Stort, June & July 2006 (4 main pages + 77 pix)
8 August 2006
8 December 2006
  Felis Catus III — Main Summer Cruise 2006 — The Thames, the Kennet & Avon, & the Oxford, July & August (6 main pages + 160 pix)
8 August 2006
21 December 2006
  Felis Catus III — Autumn cruising 2006 — from the Upper Thames to Birmingham (4 main pages + 124 pix)
7 December 2006
26 December 2006
  Felis Catus III — Spring 2007 - Southwards from Birmingham (6 main pages + 141 pix)
19 March 2007
24 June 2007
  Felis Catus III — Canalway Cavalcade & the Ricky Festival - May 2007 (1 main page + 23 pix)
25 June 2007
  
  Felis Catus III — A weekend in the East End - June 2007 (2 main pages + 28 pix)
24 June 2007
28 June 2007
  Felis Catus III — Early Summer 2007 - Northwards from London (2 main pages + 39 pix)  
24 July 2007
  Felis Catus III — A very interrupted cruise, Summer 2007 (2 main pages + 36 pix)
4 September 2007
5 September 2007
  The IWA "National", 2007 (1 main page + 19 pix)
2 September 2007
  
  Felis Catus III — After the "National", 2007 (4 main pages + 75 pix)
4 September 2007
19 September 2007
    Felis Catus III — Autumn cruising 2007 (1 main page + 18 pix)
23 September 2007
  
Sailing  barge trips
  A long weekend on sb Reminder, 1985 (1 main page + 34 pix)
18 February 2007
  
  A passage from Ipswich to Hoo, July 1986 (1 main page + 23 pix)
9 February 2007
  
  A weekend out of Maldon, October 1986 (1 main page + 26 pix)
2 February 2007
  
  A weekend passage from Ipswich to Hoo, May 1987 (1 main page + 10 pix)
30 January 2007
  
  A weekend passage from Maldon to Hoo, May 1988 (1 main page + 13 pix)
27 January 2007
  
  A weekend passage from Ipswich to Maldon, October 1988 (1 main page + 6 pix)
27 January 2007
  
  A weekend out of Ipswich, 1989 (1 main page + 15 pix)
19 January 2007
  
  A weekend out of Maldon, 1993 (1 main page + 10 pix)
17 January 2007
  
  Passage from Ipswich to Maldon,1995 (1 main page + 16 pix)
17 January 2007
  
  Sailing on the Blackwater, 1998 (2 main pages + 30 pix)
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Another trip on the Blackwater, 1999 (2 main pages + 21 pix)
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Sailing barge charter 2000 (2 main pages + 25 pix)
30 Oct 2000
19 Feb 2001
  Sailing barge charter 2001 (3 main pages + 62 pix)
24 Jul 2001
23 Sept 2003
  Sailing barge charter 2003
1 Jul 2003
  
  Sailing barge charter 2005 (2 main pages + 59 pix)
13 January 2006
  

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Waterways Quizzes
31 Dec 2002
  
Mike's Tricky Quiz for Serious Waterways Anoraks, No.1 (11 main pages + 15 pix)
31 Dec 2002
  
Mike's Waterways Quiz no.2 (11 main pages + 18 pix)
31 Dec 2002
  
Mike's Tricky Quiz for Serious Waterways Anoraks, No.3 (9 main pages + 22 pix)
17 Jan 2005
  

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Book & other reviews

20 Feb 2001
4 Apr 2001
Colours of the Cut by Edward Paget-Tomlison
16 Feb 2005
  
Fruit flies like a banana by Steve Haywood
16 Feb 2005
  
Inland Waterways of Ireland by Jane Cumberlidge
02 Feb 2003
  
Being There by Sir Frank Price
01 Feb 2003
  
Canal lifts and inclines of the world by Hans-Joachim Uhlemann
09 Jan 2003
  
Through the Locks by Joe O'Reilly, Catriona Killaly & students
04 Apr 2001
  
The Thames Ring & London Ring Atlas (GEO projects)
04 Apr 2001
  
Paddling to Jerusalem by David Aaronovitch
20 Feb 2001
  
Monthly waterways magazines
20 Feb 2001
  
London Cruising Guide by St Pancras Cruising Club
20 Feb 2001
4 January 2006
Britain's waterways - a unique insight by Brian Roberts
20 Feb 2001
  
Inland Waterways of Great Britain by Jane Cumberlidge
20 Feb 2001
  
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