Seasons’ Greetings
As another year draws to a close, we hope that those with Wilderness Boats have managed to make full use of them and have enjoyed some fine and peaceful cruising in this country and...
Author: BillPerry
Boating in France – a member’s story
Last year one of our members Thomas Loos, who lives in Ireland, took his family and his Wilderness Beaver to explore the waterways in the Mayenne and Brittany regions of France. This included a trip...
Chitry les Mines
On the Canal de Nivernais near Corbigny, on the Auxerre side of the Baye summit, there is a newish slipway that has been built by VNF at the Chitry les Mines Port de Pleasance,...
Chatillon sur Loire
Just south of Briare there is a very good slipway at Chatillon sur Loire, on the Canal Lateral a la Loire, where they also have very secure storage. Contact is Natacha, who speaks English....
WBOC gets more social
Just to highlight some recent changes to the WBOC Internet presence. For a while we have had a Twitter account and most posts to the WBOC website have been tweeted about on there. However...
Wilderness May Day weekend cruise – a report
Over the May Day weekend seven Wilderness boats assembled at the designated spot and time for a lot of cruising, conversation and general fun together. The designated time was 7pm and the designated place being...
Botany Bay, Chorley
A CRT slipway. The slipway is good but above the concrete slipway is a metre wide strip of grass and soil before you reach the roadway. This can make it very difficult, especially in...
Selby Boat Centre
A good slipway to use on the Selby canal and close to the River Ouse and the Aire and Calder. A 90 degree reverse is required to access the slipway. Plenty of space to leave...
Wishing all our visitors a Merry Christmas and lots of enjoyable cruising in 2016
For those with boats we hope that you had a enjoyable year’s cruising. For those that don’t have a boat why not consider a Wilderness, especially if you have room to park it up...
2015 IWA Canal Festival at Crooklands
Thursday 28th May On a day of sunshine and showers, boats are starting to assemble on the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster canal alongside the Westmorland show ground, which from Saturday through to Monday...