Middleport Pottery Canal Festival
RCTA Coventry Floating Market
RCTA Cowley Park Floating Market
Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival 2026
Brentford Canal Festival-All Trade boats booked through R.C.T.A.
RCTA Floating Market along side Armitage Crown Pub
RCTA Denham Deep Lock Floating Market
RCTA Cassiobury Park Floating Market
RCTA Market Drayton Summer Floating Market
Linslade Canal Festival 2026
Calling all members! Don’t forget the upcoming AGM to be held on the 28th September 2018, 12.00 to 15.00 pm at The Galleon, Old Wolverton Road, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NL. Everybody should have received the paperwork in an email or via the members Facebook page. If you haven’t please let me know.
A TASTE OF LANCASHIRE BY STEVE & GILL COOKSON posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:17 by canal traders Periwinkle is a 60’ narrowboat, built to our specification at Lower Park Marina on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. She was designed by us as a hotel boat and for the past 14 summers we have cruised almost the whole . . . read more
ALCHEMY PLANTS BY SUE COTTON posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:21 by canal traders Some of you know that I ran a gardening business for many years, and a small herb nursery. About the only thing I miss on the boat is working the land and growing plants. So I will soon be launching a sister business to . . . read more
SEWING BOAT BY MILITZA MCCARTHY posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:13 by canal traders I started sewing roughly 3 years ago, my trade before was as a chef, I took a city and guilds course in tailoring 2014. I love using quality wools and tweeds for my work and source wools made in Great Britain. With fabrics stashed . . . read more
RONA’S BEADS AFLOAT BY RONA HAWES posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:15 by canal traders My name is Rona Hawes. My dream was to come back to living on boats. I was born on a 40ft boat on the Lea and spent about 8 years of my childhood living on narrow boats. After moving onto our 10ft wide . . . read more
NEW VENTURE BY LESLEY PEARSON posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:23 by canal traders Lesley Pearson, artist is launching a new series of works illuminating the Lockmaster series of maps with scenes encountered in their travels cruising the canals and rivers on NB Hekla. Working with the agreement and licence from Lockmaster, the series will be developed over the . . . read more
FERN PHOTOGRAPHIC BY SHIAM WILSON posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:20 by canal traders I am an artist originally from Coventry and John Starkey my partner is a writer/ performer from Wales, we continually cruise on our little boat Fern and are now trading photography and books wherever we go. We converted part of the boat into a . . . read more
FELAFEL AFLOAT BY HILARY GREENMAN posted 20 Aug 2016, 12:19 by canal traders We have only just started trading so it is all new and exciting and sleep depriving! We are Felafel Afloat, selling middle eastern style felafels, with tea, coffee, hot chocolate and water – sometimes with some homemade cakes. We are doing this as something . . . read more
Emma Purshouse wins the Rubery Book Awards A West Midlands children’s poetry book, written by Emma Purshouse, has beaten off all the adult poetry opposition to scoop up this year’s Rubery Book Awards 2016 Poetry Category. Emma lives aboard nb Shelby with her partner Dave Lovell who runs Croc’s Vinyl Cuts. Her book is available . . . read more
GIVING ROVING TRADERS A VOICE ON THE C&RT COUNCIL BY ANDY TIDY posted 27 Feb 2016, 13:59 by canal traders [ updated 27 Feb 2016, 13:59 ] In November / December the C&RT will be holding an election to select 9 Council members out of a total of 40 seats, and two of these seats are for Boating Businesses. . . . read more
