Go to Allan's Page | Part 1: To Gloucester and Llangollen | Canals Home Page | Part 2: To the North-West then the East | Go to Deb's Page |
Timothy West and Prunella Scales opened the Festival
We spent 4 days at Northampton for the Festival of Water. It was a great festival, especially on the first day when the sun shone brightly and brought the crowds flocking to the river-side.
We took part in every event that we could, from pub quiz to boat-handling, and even managed to come away with a handsome piece of silverware, the A.P.Herbert trophy for the boat that had made the longest journey in travelling to the Festival.
We will hold this trophy for a year, and our names will be forever engraved on the base along with many of the most famous names in Canal Boating history.
Finally, after a brief rest at home, we journeyed back up to Stoke-on-Trent where the boat was built 25 years ago, so that our damaged starboard bow could be cut away and replaced with new steelwork. The boatyard certainly did a magnificent job here; as the photo shows, you just can't see the join!
Go to Allan's Page | Part 1: To Gloucester and Llangollen | Canals Home Page | Part 2: To the North-West then the East | Go to Deb's Page |
All pictures on this site are © Allan Jones unless otherwise stated