Tag: Canal

Join us as we continue to explore the historic Grand Western Canal, this time we journey from Tiverton to Halberton. This fascinating 11 mile stretch of water has a long and interesting history. In this episode we focus on the origins of the canal, including who designed an built it (John Rennie) and the introduction…

Join us as we explore the historic Grand Western Canal, starting in Tiverton. This fascinating 11 mile stretch of water has a long and interesting history. In this episode we focus on the more modern end of its story, including the Tivertonian horse-drawn barge, the fact that lilies were once commercially grown on the canal,…

As promised a few episodes ago, we are here to reveal our canal travel plans for 2021 (Covid pandemic permitting, of course!) That’s right, we will soon (hopefully) be back on the canal, in a hire boat, bobbing along through the idyllic inland waterways. We also give a little insight and tips on how we…

We explore Bridgwater Docks, at the northern end of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal. Join us as we discover some of the history of this place. From the 11th Century and the Domesday book, all the way through to today, including the dock’s heyday in the mid-19th Century. Do you know who engineered the floating…

In this episode we visit the historic Bridgwater & Taunton canal. This often overlooked part of the inland waterways, disconnected from the rest of the network, has a long and interesting history from its initial concept as the start of a gateway from the Bristol Channel to the English Channel (a project that sadly didn’t…