Wilderness Archive

  • Beaver No1 “Tranquility” built around 1978 and the latest Beaver “The Moodle”, which completed fitting out in September, have been seen together on a sunny Autumn morning at Bathpool moorings on the isolated Bridgwater & Taunton canal in Somerset. The...

    Old and new seen together

    Beaver No1 “Tranquility” built around 1978 and the latest Beaver “The Moodle”, which completed fitting out in September, have been seen together on a sunny Autumn morning at Bathpool moorings on the isolated Bridgwater & Taunton canal in Somerset. The…

  • Wilderness Boats owned and run by Ian Graham for around 40 years, more recently with the assistance of Mark Smith, have recently completed the move of their workshop to new premises at Semington Dock, Semington, Trowbridge located on the banks of...

    Wilderness Boats complete move to new workshop

    Wilderness Boats owned and run by Ian Graham for around 40 years, more recently with the assistance of Mark Smith, have recently completed the move of their workshop to new premises at Semington Dock, Semington, Trowbridge located on the banks of…

  • 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…

  • During a visit to Stroud on Monday 14th May,  IWA , WBOC, Sea Otter representatives and others had an opportunity to see the work going on on the stretch of canal that will be used for the Jubilee Weekend Stroud...

    Stroud on Water early view of venue

    During a visit to Stroud on Monday 14th May,  IWA , WBOC, Sea Otter representatives and others had an opportunity to see the work going on on the stretch of canal that will be used for the Jubilee Weekend Stroud…

  • Following the snow in the West Country on the early morning of Wednesday 6th Jan and my College closing, I took advantage of the 4×4 to visit our boat Tophyl still floating on the sea of ice and snow that is the...

    Winderness in the snow and ice

    Following the snow in the West Country on the early morning of Wednesday 6th Jan and my College closing, I took advantage of the 4×4 to visit our boat Tophyl still floating on the sea of ice and snow that is the…