Firstly we would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to the members of Elton Boat Club for their very generous donation to Help for Heroes ~ We arrived at Elton earlier than expected – a first for the trip! We punted through the serene and beautiful woodland and were warmly recieved by a landing [...]
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Elton Boat Club
Posted in Supporters, Trip on 23/06/2010 | Leave a Comment »
End of exams. And a Piano.
Posted in Equipment, Publicity, Supporters, Training on 09/06/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Apologies for the long absence – exams rather got the better of us recently, but we’re all done now! So with less than two weeks to go, it’s full steam ahead on preparations. We’re sorting out a tent contraption of some sort for the punt to stop us getting soaked by the English summer weather. [...]
People who are helping us: British Waterways & Environment Agency
Posted in Planning, Supporters on 10/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before we started organising this trip, everything seemed incredibly straight forward. But the devil is always in the detail and it is with great enthusiasm that we say thank you to the whole team at The Environment Agency and British Waterways. Special mention to Chris Stanley from BW, for his dedication to answering many many emails [...]
People who are helping us: Jones Boatyard
Posted in Equipment, Planning, Supporters on 10/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Organising the logistics for a trip like this is so much easier when there are other people willing to help out. We wouldn’t get far without the lock keys necessary to operate each of the 113 locks on our route – and rising costs would be one of the greatest dangers to getting this voyage [...]
People who are helping us: Steve Wright
Posted in Planning, Supporters on 30/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Of all the navigational difficulties posed by 200 miles of inland waterways, the Braunston Tunnel is a one mile long, 15 foot wide whopper. There’s room for two narrow boats to pass with inches to spare, and it’s very dark, so the possibility of getting squashed by oncoming boats is fairly high. Our passage of [...]
