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Spring Watch.

March 2, 2021 Colin Henwood

This winter my workshop has been full of repairs and maintenance alongside many survey commissions. Currently, there is a sturdy…

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Autumn watch.

November 5, 2020 Colin Henwood

Summer has been and gone but it was an extraordinary time on the river. Many people discovered the Thames as…

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Paddling away on the thin ice of a new day.

July 14, 2020 Colin Henwood

We have passed the longest day and now it’s mid July, and the main river festivals that were my milestones…

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Hope on the horizon.

May 17, 2020 Colin Henwood

Time used to fly by back in the old days when there was too much to do with too little…

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Dreaming

May 4, 2020 Colin Henwood

I will have made three new paddles this week and I think that will do for now. The stack of…

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News from The Potting Shed

April 24, 2020 Colin Henwood

Its Friday and the week has gone. Paddle production slowed to 2 paddles this week as there have been some…

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Update from the Potting Shed.

April 18, 2020 Colin Henwood

After the first week in proper stay-at-home lockdown I have lost track of which day it is. The Potting Shed…

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Potting shed paddle factory.

April 12, 2020 Colin Henwood

Strange times in an already changing world. Up until now I have been working away in my workshop at The…

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Paddles and spoons

October 18, 2019 Colin Henwood

Our great friend Hen Colman, an artist printmaker (www.hencolman.com), recently was the artist in residence at Kingston University Dorich House…

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Making a video

June 13, 2019 Colin Henwood

I have been up in Yorkshire to spend some time with my good friends Mike & Beth English. I met…

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Colin Henwood is a boatbuilder with 40 years experience of building, restoring and caring for wooden boats on the Thames.

When time permits Colin writes for WaterCraft Magazine, runs practical courses at The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis and at the Sylva Foundation Wood Centre where his workshop is based.

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  • Colin Henwood, Sylva Wood Centre, Little Wittenham Road, Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QT
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