LTC Rolt one of the founders of The Inland Waterways Association was born on the 11 February 1910 and to celebrate this they are sponsoring his classic cruise on his narrow boat Cressy which starts from Banbury. Andrew on nb Granny Buttons is covering this in great detail on his blog. LTC Rolt was also instrumental in the saving of The Talyllyn railway in North Wales. What a visionary- we must all be gratefull for his vision to save these two pieces of our industrial history.
Frederick on test, and the C&O canal
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The January edition of *Canal Boat* is out and includes my boat test on
*Frederick* by Braidbar boats. There’s also a piece I wrote about the
Chesapeake...
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