Gathering Archive

  • The weekend following the Queen’s Jubilee, 8th – 10th July, saw Ian Graham, the designer, builder, broker and maintainer of Wilderness boats for over five decades, holding a belated 70th birthday party for many of his friends at his house...

    Ian Graham’s birthday party

    The weekend following the Queen’s Jubilee, 8th – 10th July, saw Ian Graham, the designer, builder, broker and maintainer of Wilderness boats for over five decades, holding a belated 70th birthday party for many of his friends at his house…

  • Three WBOC members boats launched on Friday 20th May 2011 at the new Hereford and Gloucester canal trust slipway at Aylestone Park in Hereford. Snapdragon, Grey Owl and Tophyl were the first occupied boats to float on this stretch of...

    Wilderness boats first on Canal at Hereford since 1880s

    Three WBOC members boats launched on Friday 20th May 2011 at the new Hereford and Gloucester canal trust slipway at Aylestone Park in Hereford. Snapdragon, Grey Owl and Tophyl were the first occupied boats to float on this stretch of…

  • A boat gathering took place on the River Medway in Kent in early May 2009 to help publicise the Enviroment Agency’s new slipway and boaters facilities situated at Allington Lock near Maidstone. Enviroment Agency Manager Mr John Morgan welcomed the...

    Boat gathering on the River Medway

    A boat gathering took place on the River Medway in Kent in early May 2009 to help publicise the Enviroment Agency’s new slipway and boaters facilities situated at Allington Lock near Maidstone. Enviroment Agency Manager Mr John Morgan welcomed the…