Weir Pub

Jumble so much fun for boating enthusiasts

At any time of year there are few prettier places in the UK than the New Forest – but for boat owners there’s a special reason to head south on Sunday, April 29 because that’s when the country’s biggest boat jumble takes place at Beaulieu.

Basingstoke Canal restored

Canal and waterway restoration seems to have taken off in the past couple of decades with more and more waterways being put back into public usage – and I take my hat off to all those hardy volunteers who put their backs (and quite often their own money) into this kind of environmental reconstruction.

Dunkirk spirit of heroic Little Ships

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