Richard MacKenzie is the owner of a narrowboat-based business selling handmade jewellery. But he also lives aboard his boat with his wife and two children – and, as the kids are home-educated, the family are free to continuously cruise the network. In conversation with WW editor Bobby Cowling, Richard provides an insight into family life afloat.

Living afloat with a family: Richard MacKenzie

From city centres to remote countryside, Britain’s canals and rivers provide a peaceful, slower pace of life, while offering fascinating insights into our industrial past. Waterways World editor Bobby Cowling explores the rich culture  of our inland navigations in a series of fortnightly interviews with personalities from around the network. Whether you’re a boater, walker, nature-lover or heritage enthusiast, each episode will bring you closer to this unique world.

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From city centres to remote countryside, Britain’s canals and rivers provide a peaceful, slower pace of life, while offering fascinating insights into our industrial past. Waterways World editor Bobby Cowling explores the rich culture of our inland navigations in a series of fortnightly interviews with personalities from around the network. Whether you’re a boater, walker, nature-lover or heritage enthusiast, each episode will bring you closer to this unique world.

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