Ledgard Bridge News Blog

Saturday 3rd, Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May 2008

CANAL BASIN & COACH STREET CAR PARK, SKIPTON

Plans for Skipton’s seventh Waterway Festival are well underway with the theme of this year’s event, held over the May Bank Holiday weekend from 3 to 5 May, being chosen as Skipton Olympics. The festival is organised by a steering group of local people and Pennine Cruisers.

It attracts hundreds of boaters to Yorkshire and last year it was estimated that around 10,000 visitors came to enjoy the stalls and the varied family entertainment which took place on the canal side during the day. 

A Farmers Market will also be in Coach Street car park on Sunday 4 May, with the illuminated cruise sailing from the outskirts of town to the canal basin arriving at dusk on Sunday.

Anyone who has previously attended will be sent a mooring application for 2008. New applicants for moorings, stalls or those wanting to perform can contact Pennine Cruisers for an Application Form by emailing info@penninecruisers.com or telephone on 01756 795478.

The article in Fluvial tells of John and Irene Plunkett realising their dream on Moet Chandon, a cozy British wide beam narrow boat based in Carcassonne France.

You can read the English translation of the article HERE.

You may remember the charity boat Margaret Kane we built last year, well she now as her own website HERE.

She was specifically designed to provide memorable, affordable, holidays on the Lancaster Canal for families needing additional support. . Measuring 57 feet x 10 feet, she can accommodate and cater for up to 10 people including crew.

‘The Margaret Kane’ is managed and run by volunteers. The venture is non-profit making, and is self funding in order to cover running and maintenance costs. Trips can be varied to meet individual needs, ranging from a half-day cruise on the Lancaster Canal to as much as a 3 nights’ stay on board the boat, moored at a canal-side village or market town. Qualified crew will be on hand to assist the families throughout their cruise.