Quentin Page is a coracle raiser who makes traditional-style crafts. Simple, sustainable, and lightweight, the coracle definition is a traditional circular fishing boat designed to carry one and made ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...