Boat Journeys: Cruising UK Inland Waterways

Sean at Formation Plastics tells me about building the world’s first HDPE canal boat. HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) has been widely used for decades in marine engineering, commercial vessels, and extreme environment workboats—but until now, no one in the world has engineered an HDPE canal boat.Find out more at formationplastics.co.uk

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Robert Skuse of Steamship Engineering takes us from Bristol Floating Harbour down the Avon and out into the Bristol Channel. I hope you enjoy the journey.

100 locks, including the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks at Devizes, separate my departure port, the lovely Tingdene Thames and Kennet Marina in Reading, and my destination, the city of Bath on the river Avon. Join me on a journey down river and canal that was almost scuppered by a breakdown.

Join me on a solo jaunt down this leafy stretch of the Thames onboard my riverboat, The Flyflower.

We (myself, my RNLI friend Nick and sailing friend Sascha) set off from Teddington Lock at High Water and ride the ebb tide down to Tower Bridge, returning on the flood.