The Lancaster Canal Our final club cruise this year was to the Lancaster Canal. Dates: July15th 2015 to August 6thth 2015. – (Original Plan) but September 25th )  (Actual)Five boats attended: Elemiah The Great Escape Clara Grace Minimum Momentum Cormorant II Mileage covered – Minimum 90 (including Millenium Link, Lancaster Canal (40 miles each way) Glasson Branch (3…
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This was our first time at the Stratford festival. We’d heard lots of good things about it and decided to give it a go. The registration was easy and very efficient and we received our Avon licence in good time!! We set out in plenty of time determined to go via Birmingham and the Wyrley…
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Our cruise started on Friday 17th May at Goytre Wharf, home of Redline boats; a lovely place set in the Monmouthshire countryside near Pontypool. It was something of a new experience for all as we had to hire boats! The canal at present is landlocked so we were unable to take our own boats. Five…
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I made enquiries to take part in the festival early in the new year.  The information returned to me was sketchy and continued to be so until after our arrival – totally different to Stratford. After just passing the test to negotiate the weir and lock (thanks to advice from previous contestants) we found our…
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