Archive for the ‘News’ Category

£2m Funding Secured For Northampton Marina

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

“The final piece of funding for the £2 million development at Becket’s Park was put in place yesterday and work is now expected to start on the project in January.”

“Once it is completed, the marina will provide moorings for more than 80 boats and is expected to become a regional centre for the boating community.”

Full Details Here

Images of Blisworth

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

I’ve not had much opportunity with the recent spell of wet weather to get canal side in search of new images these past few weeks. So in order to give my growing audience something fresh to look at, I have decided to include a link to the facinating site at blisworth.org.uk. The site has many interesting facts about the history of the Blisworth Tunnel as well as general village history. To start you off on an absorbing journey, I include a link here to the Canal images part one.

Calendar For 2010

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

I am looking into producing a narrowboat and canals calendar for 2010. If anyone has any particular favourite images which are already published on this site which they feel would be a good fit for a calendar please let me know by leaving a comment below.

The calendar would be made available via redbubble.com

Featured Artist

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

I am delighted to report that I have been made a featured artist for the “Stream Crossings” group at redbubble.com. Images such as this:

and this:

and this:

this:

Have all contributed to me gaining this recognition.

You can view the full collection of bridge scenes available via narrowboat images by clicking here.