Peter's Waterways Blog Attracting New Canal Navigators This was first published in IWA West Riding's Milepost in June 2018, with the (albeit remote) prospect of converting the Aire and Calder into a Hot Tub.

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It is always good to see new commercial uses of the waterways. We recently passed a London innovation from a new Tug company who may be attracting new navigators to see t'cut from t'middle, with a unique duck-level perspective. They heat some water to 38 degrees, and keep it warm with a log-burning stove in the front of the 'Hottug'. Reassuringly, they have clean water for each new group of customers, who don their swimming gear and navigate their hot-tub along the canal. Ideally the company need long sections without locks for their proposed expansion to other locations. Just the thing, then, for a chilly day on the Aire and Calder.

Peter Scott @peterjohnscott