Moira Canal Festival 2015
Packing to travel to our first ever attendance at the Moira Canal Festival weekend and what can I see outside the window after weeks of sunshine …. rain!! Hopefully it’s just a blip and the...
Author: BillPerry
Mayenne slipway
The pretty town of Mayenne, at the head of navigation of the Mayenne river in the Mayenne region of France, is a great place to start your cruise of the pretty Mayenne and Sarthe...
Bridge House Marina
A good slipway to use on the Lancaster canal. Also on site are a boat engineer and a boat sales business Address: Bridgehouse Marina & Caravan Park, Nateby Crossing Lane, Nateby, Nr Garstang, PR3 0JJ....
Crooklands
Originally just a temporary slipway for access to the IWA Trailboat Festival in 2006 for the Northern Reaches section of the Lancaster Canal, it has been made more permanent with the base being concreted over and...
Villeneuve sur Yonne
This is apparently a public slipway on the opposite side of the river from the medieval town of Villeneuve sur Yonne. Willderness size boats have been seen to launch and recover here. The is...
Châtillon-Coligny
This is a pretty little port along the Canal du Loing, nearly into the Canal de Briare. It has finger moorings, a Haulte Nautique with loo and laundry facilities, water and electricity and a good...
Port de Decize
In the past couple of years this port centrally located between important waterways and situated between two locks on the route from/to the Canal Lateral a la Loire, the river Loire and the southern end of the...
Easter trip along the GU, Regents canal and the Lee and Stort waterways
Another Easter and another trip to explore waterways that many in our group have not travelled before or not for a long time. This time we planned to cross London to visit the Lee...
Willowtree Marina – Yeading, London
A good if slightly shallow slipway with good side access and plenty of room around the top, as long as the car park is not too full. Book space to leave the car/trailer with...
Details of the IWA Awards normally presented at their Annual National Trailboat Festivals
You will find below background details of the various IWA awards, together with the entry requirements and the judging criteria for each of the awards, which are normally presented at their Annual IWA National...