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Boat Life
Canal living...
For those unfamiliar with the day to day of boat life but have from time to time have seen the canals and boats from a train or a car or have walked along the towpath.....
A Brief History...
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Driven by the industrial revoloution canals spanned the country from ports to major cities to industrial centers to mines and the potteries.
From Kendal to London to Bristol to Manchester to Birmingham to York all connected by the waterways
The advent of the train heralded the end of the "canal age" and so began the slow decline of the waterways, some falling into disuse - some to dissappear altogether
In the late 1960's the renaisance of the waterway began - negelated silt filled weed choked canals were revitalised by enthiastists spending their own time and money at times digging out the silt, weeds and rubbish by hand restoring the rotting lock gates.
