Mucking about in boats: Tom Balm (at oars) gives a holidaymaker some advice before they take the 140-year-old skiff, Edward, out for a journey up the River Thames Credit: Photo: JOHN LAWRENCE Tom Balm ...

What could be more eccentric in the travel department than making your own means of transport? I always fancied the idea of building my ark and then getting in it, Huck Finn-style, and slipping down ...

You might expect a fragile boat that consists of basketwork covered with calico, weighing only 25lb and looking like an upturned turtle when carried on the back, would sink the moment a full-sized ...

In Scotland, and particularly in the Highlands, they have had major, but largely forgotten cultural and historical significance. When the remains of the last Scottish coracle - known in Scots Gaelic ...