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by Paula SyredPosted on Posted in Canal Blog, Charity, Foxes News

adventurer-exterior2-narrowboat-holidayNarrowboat trips 2014

As Fox Narrowboats staff prepare to run their summer boat trips to raise funds for their Charity of the year 2014 the British Heart Foundation, we take a look back 40 years at a trip undertaken in June 1974.  The historic trip starts from The Middle Level Watermans Club in west End and journeys on to the Fenland Village of Three  Holes.  Many features are recognisable today. The narrowboat in the film “Vermuyden“, is named after the Dutch drainage engineer of the Fenlands, and belonged to our company founder Charlie Fox. This was his first personal narrowboat.  This years charity trips run on Saturday 7th June.  Tickets price £10 are available by calling reception on 01354 652770. All trips start and finish at Fox Narrowboats base in Marina Drive, March.  The first narrowboat trip commences at 10am running every 90 minutes through until 7pm. The journey will head east through the town of March passing Fenland cottages and the town hall before turning in open Fenland and returning to the marina.

Since the start of 2014 we have already raised over £500 to support this worthy organisation. Fundraising to date has come from book stalls and trips at March town St Georges Fayre.

Finance Director Tracey Baxter said “Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. For over 50 years the British Heart Foundation have pioneered research that’s transformed the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions. Their work has been central to the discoveries of vital treatments that are changing the fight against heart disease. We are delighted to be supporting the British Heart Foundation this year.”

by Paula SyredPosted on Posted in In media, Star media

IWA

Source: IWA

IWA rank the Middle Level Navigations No1 in their Ten Reasons to go on a boating holiday for peace and tranquillity

https://www.waterways.org.uk/blog/ten_reasons_go_on_a_boating_holiday

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media

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Source: Visit Cambridgeshire – Fens

Foxboats is mentioned in the new Visit Cambridgeshire Fens website, which was launched by BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson.

The new website is a great resouce for exploring the natural beauty of the Fens described as a “hidden gem”.

WHAT’S ON
Places to visit, events, restaurants, things to do with kids, day trips, accomodation and much more

LEISURE ACTIVITIES
Boating and Waterways
Nature Reserves
Outdoor Pursuits
Walking and Cycling

http://www.visitcambridgeshirefens.org/article/6574/Water-based-Activities

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media

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Source: Ely Standard

BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson described Fenland as “a hidden gem,” after touring the district today, as part of an event to launch the new Cambridgeshire Fens tourism website.

The report features Adam cruising a Fox Narrowboat.

Ely Standard article
Cambs Times article

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media

uk-boating

UK boating has produced a video interview with Paula Syred MD at Fox narrowboats.

www.uk-boating.tv/videos?vid=107

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

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A tribute to Charlie Fox founder of Fox Narrow Boats and narrowboat builder.

www.eadt.co.uk/news/foxboats

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media, Star media

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fox live on ITV 1 Day BreakFox Boats featured live on ITV’s daybreak show with ITV’s weather girl Kirsty McCabe.

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in Fox boat builds, Foxes News

Working from a small boatyard in West End, March Charlie built wooden dinghies and hired out rowing boats and canoes. 1973 saw Charlie build his first canal boat and in 1980. He built the marina to the west of March that the company occupy today.

Charlie had a great sense of community and served as a retained fire fighter with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue service for 25 years and was a recipient of the fire service long and good service medal. While working at the Neale Wade School teaching woodwork during the early 1970’s Charlie taught youngsters to sail at Mepal and ran boatbuilding evening classes at Isle of Ely College, Wisbech.

The waterways were always close to his heart and Charlie worked on various restoration projects including the re-opening of Well Creek Navigation in the 1970’s and dug the winding hole in Whittlesey for the East Anglian Waterways Association in 1993.

Following his retirement from the company in 1997 after handing over the business to his daughters Paula and Tracey, Charlie twice circumnavigated the United Kingdom in his own yacht and sailed a leg on a BT challenge racing yacht from the Canary Islands to England across the notorious Bay of Biscay latterly he extensively cruised the UK inland waterways with his wife Pat on board their Narrowboat.

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media, Star media

visit-england

Fox Narrowboats is proud to be mentioned on the official UK tourist website Enjoy England. We are listed as one of the top ten boating holidays companies for exploring England’s waterways. See our boating holiday listing on www.visitengland.com

VisitEngland is the national tourist board for England. Responsible for marketing England to domestic and established overseas markets and for improving England’s tourism product.

More about Visit England

by Tim MarrowPosted on Posted in In media

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rotary-club-march-riversideFox Narrowboats invited the March rotary club on a cruise on one of our day boat hire boats.

March Rotary Website

A bit about the Rotary

The Rotary is a well established international organisation which brings together business and professionals in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace.

There are 1.2 million members worldwide.

Through responsible leadership the most is made out of every donation thats received coupled good work.