The house called The Sphinx on Pharaoh’s Island as seen from the towpath

Sunbury’s old lock next for new look

But lock-keeper’s house to be included in Environment Agency’s renting experiment

Dunkirk spirit of heroic Little Ships

Tribute to boats that rescued trapped soldiers from under Hitler’s nose

Blame it on his mum

Derek Banks blames his mother for his lifelong interest in boats and boating. Derek, who runs barging holiday company European Waterways Ltd from his idyllic riverside home in Wraysbury, was packed off by his mum to work at Crevall’s boatyard in Old Windsor during each school holiday for every year between the ages of 13 and 18.