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Celebrate The Fens Day 2022

April 27, 2022

Do you love to escape into the tranquillity of nature? Are you intrigued by ancient English traditions and heritage? Want to explore the Fens at your leisure, on a narrowboat holiday? Then Celebrate the Fens Day may give you some great ideas of where to visit this year.Read more ›

St Georges fayre in March on Sunday 24th April

Enjoy Canal Boat Trips at St Georges Fayre This Year

February 28, 2022

  After two years of social distancing and pandemic precautions festivals are coming back to England this year! We are so ready to kick off the festival season with the return of our local St George’s Fayre, which will take…Read more ›

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As Ely hosts the Boat Race looking at the course on the Ely Ouse.

April 4, 2021

Today as the river Great Ouse hosts the boat race we are fortunate to have a guest post from David Goode Fellow and Praelector of Wolfson College Cambridge regarding the boat race channel on the river Great Ouse. My friend,…Read more ›

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This Christmas: Buy it Off a Boat! (Gift Guide)

December 7, 2020

Photo: RCTA Roving Canal Traders (top.left), WendyBsfloatingartgallery (bottom+middle), nancymoo-22 ebay (right) After the recent lockdown it’s now more important than ever to support the small businesses and communities around us this festive season. By celebrating canal-based businesses and the products…Read more ›

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Don’t Miss Next Year’s World Eel Throwing Competition!

April 24, 2020

Image*: Ely Eel Festival Are you new to eel throwing? Or have you been following this annual event? Most importantly, who will be named World Eel Throwing Champion 2021? All this and more will be revealed at the next Ely…Read more ›

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Nene Valley Festival by Narrowboat

August 3, 2019

A narrowboat holiday on The River Nene offers stunning countryside and charming villages with stone cottages and thatched rooves. This navigable river in Cambridgeshire is a lovely, quiet waterway, but in September there are some extra things to see and…Read more ›

Four Festivals to Visit by Narrowboat this Summer

April 29, 2019

We had such a good day at St George’s Fayre on 28th April. Thousands of people visited March for a festival of live music and dragons, dancing, market stalls, and a fun fair: We also took over 100 people out…Read more ›

canal boating free open day 2019 april

Try Canal Boating for Free This April

March 24, 2019

Would you like to take a short trip on a canal boat? Want to explore inside one of our narrowboats? Are you interested in holiday discounts? Then come along on April 7th 2019 to our Open Day at March Marina, hosted…Read more ›

Stop Gongoozling and Start Canal Boating!

February 23, 2019

  Don’t you just love watching the narrowboats go by in the summer? Did you know that watching boats pass by is known as “gongoozling”? Do you want to stop gongoozling and have a go at boating this year? You…Read more ›

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