DWT
Member
We booked a mooring for the festival and were one of about half a dozen cruisers there amongst the many hundreds of narrow boats.
Now I know that many of you dislike the narrow boats intensely and would probably prefer not to encourage them onto the Thames and the show was undoubtedly geared almost entirely twoards them, but we had a fantastic weekend.
There was plenty for the family to do, a great beer tent, a chance to look at the new Broom 365, a great atmosphere in the evening when only boaters and campers were allowed in, a really good band in the great beer tent, an extraordinary illuminated procession on Sunday night - oh and a great beer tent (or have I mentioned that already?).
It was a bit of a bun fight getting through Mapledurham lock on the way home on Monday, but to be fair the narrow boats all rafted up on the layby to create more room. So where were you all? It really was a great event and congratulations should go to the organisers and particularly the many volunteers who undertook so many tasks from manning the footbridge across the entrance to the lake to collecting the rubbish.
Now I know that many of you dislike the narrow boats intensely and would probably prefer not to encourage them onto the Thames and the show was undoubtedly geared almost entirely twoards them, but we had a fantastic weekend.
There was plenty for the family to do, a great beer tent, a chance to look at the new Broom 365, a great atmosphere in the evening when only boaters and campers were allowed in, a really good band in the great beer tent, an extraordinary illuminated procession on Sunday night - oh and a great beer tent (or have I mentioned that already?).
It was a bit of a bun fight getting through Mapledurham lock on the way home on Monday, but to be fair the narrow boats all rafted up on the layby to create more room. So where were you all? It really was a great event and congratulations should go to the organisers and particularly the many volunteers who undertook so many tasks from manning the footbridge across the entrance to the lake to collecting the rubbish.