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We have been building up to it with excitement and anticipation, but the Whitsun bank holiday weekend is here which means one thing – the 2017 Crick Boat Show and Waterways Festival!

 

 
Held at Crick Marina – on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire – over the Whitsun Bank Holiday Weekend of Saturday 27th to Monday 29th May, we are once again proud to be the Show’s official Charity Partner for what promises to be another great and busy weekend.
 
Organised by Waterways World in partnership with the Canal & River Trust and Crick Marina, the three day Show offers a great day out by the water and showcases 300 exhibitors from across the canal world.
 
Plus there is opportunity to take a boat trip with us!
 
Visitors to Crick can enjoy a boat trip along the Grand Union Canal aboard canal boats run by our volunteer team of skippers. The half-hour trips are free (but we welcome donations!) and run every 10 minutes from 10.10am each day of the show.
 

And here is a useful tip – book early and as you come into the show as these trips do get booked out very quickly each day!

 
Our team will be present throughout the three day duration of the Crick Boat Show. In addition to running the trip boats, we will have one of our boats – Guinevere  – on show for visitors to look around and see the boat and its facilities for themselves, and find out what we do and can offer community groups and organisations, and schools. Come below deck and see for yourself.
 
You will find the LNBP at Braunston Community Team at Stand Q50 where the team will be able to take your booking for the trip boats. Also, you will find Guinevere a few metres away down the hill where you can come aboard and see inside our full-length narrowboat, and find out more about what we can offer.
 

About The Crick Boat Show and Waterways Festival

 
It is Britain’s biggest inland waterways festival, showcasing the very best of the canal world.  So, whether you are a boat owner or just a dreamer, let your imagination roam free with dozens of new boats to look round, all the latest products, gadgets and space-saving solutions to admire, and outdoor clothing, jewellery, hats and hand bags to revitalize your wardrobe.
 

 
There is chance to listen to live music as live bands will be performing throughout the Show in the Wheatsheaf Bar Marquee, with the ‘T-Rextasy’ tribute band headlining on the Saturday evening, and the ‘Fleetwood Bac’ Tribute Show and ‘Murphy’s Marbles’ on Sunday evening.
 
There is chance to try artisan food in the show’s Food & Craft Marquee which will host a wide selection of independent food specialists, offering tasty samples, great gift ideas and live demonstrations of culinary delights.
 
Enjoy some waterway-themed children’s activities as children aged 16 and under can visit the show for free where they will find a variety of special activities, including a treasure hunt, ‘build a canal’ challenge, and Roses & Castles painting in the Canal & River Trust Marquee.
 
Plus there is opportunity to step back in time on a historic boat for as well as dozens of new boats to look around, a number of historic boats will also be on show, offering visitors the chance to find out how working boat families lived in such a tiny cabin, and the journeys they made to make their living.
 
Crick Boat Show will be open from 10.00am till 6.00pm every day except Monday 29 May, when it closes at 5.00pm.  Evening entertainment runs from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.
Ticket prices start at £12 per adult if booked in advance, £15 on the day.  All children aged 16 and under go free.  Senior Citizens and concessions are £10.80 in advance, £13.50 on the day.
For more information and to book tickets, visit www.crickboatshow.com or call 01283 742970

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Held at the impressive setting of Crick Marina in Northamptonshire over the Whitsun Bank Holiday Weekend of Saturday 27th to Monday 29th May, once again we are proud to be the Show’s official Charity Partner for what promises to be another great busy weekend.
 

Organised by Waterways World in partnership with the Canal & River Trust and Crick Marina, the three day Show offers a great day out by the water and showcases 300 exhibitors from across the canal world.
 
Plus there is opportunity to take a boat trip with us!
 
Visitors to Crick can enjoy a boat trip with us along the Grand Union Canal aboard canal boats run by our volunteer team of skippers. The half-hour trips are free (but we welcome donations!) and run every 10 minutes from 10.10am each day of the show.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And here is a useful tip – book early as you come into the show as these trips get booked out very quickly each day!
 
Our team will be present throughout the three day duration of the Crick Boat Show. In addition to running the trip boats, we will have one of our boats Guinevere on show for visitors to look around and see the boat and its facilities for themselves, and find out what we do and can offer community groups and organisations, and schools.
 

• You can find the LNBP at Braunston Community Team at Stand Q50 where the team will be able to take your booking for the trip boats. Also, you will find one of our boats on display a few metres away down the hill where you can come aboard and see inside our full-length narrowboat, and find out more about what we can offer.

About The Crick Boat Show and Waterways Festival

 
Crick is Britain’s biggest inland waterways festival, showcasing the very best of the canal world.  So, whether you are a boat owner or just a dreamer, let your imagination roam free with dozens of new boats to look round, all the latest products, gadgets and space-saving solutions to admire, and outdoor clothing, jewellery, hats and hand bags to revitalize your wardrobe.
 
There is chance to listen to live music as live bands will be performing throughout the Show in the Wheatsheaf Bar Marquee, with the ‘T-Rextasy’ tribute band headlining on the Saturday evening, and the ‘Fleetwood Bac’ Tribute Show and ‘Murphy’s Marbles’ on Sunday evening.
 
There is chance to try artisan food in the show’s Food & Craft Marquee which will host a wide selection of independent food specialists, offering tasty samples, great gift ideas and live demonstrations of culinary delights.
 
Enjoy some waterway-themed children’s activities as children aged 16 and under can visit the show for free where they will find a variety of special activities, including a treasure hunt, ‘build a canal’ challenge, and Roses & Castles painting in the Canal & River Trust Marquee.
 
Plus there is opportunity to step back in time on a historic boat for as well as dozens of new boats to look around, a number of historic boats will also be on show, offering visitors the chance to find out how working boat families lived in such a tiny cabin, and the journeys they made to make their living.
 
Crick Boat Show will be open from 10.00am till 6.00pm every day except Monday 29 May, when it closes at 5.00pm.  Evening entertainment runs from 7.30pm to 11.30pm.
 
Ticket prices start at £12 per adult if booked in advance, £15 on the day.  All children aged 16 and under go free.  Senior Citizens and concessions are £10.80 in advance, £13.50 on the day. 
 
For more information and to book tickets, visit www.crickboatshow.com or call 01283 742970

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Can you help and what is involved?

 
If you have managerial, administrative, and financial experience, LNBP at Braunston would love to hear from you!
 
Among the roles available, we are currently seeking a Book Keeper to assist the Financial Director, and a Fundraiser to help raise funding for the running of the Project. Plus we are always happy and welcome to hear from anyone who may be intersted in boat maintenance and DIY, fundraising and generally looking to be involved in a well-established community charity.
 
For further details on these and other opportunities with LNBP at Braunston, and to find out more about the charity’s work, please contact Peter Page on 07966 035804 or click here
 
 

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This was due to the Canal and Rivers Trust (CRT) and the show organisers, Waterways World, wanting to do a press and media event prior to the Show to promote the fact that all children aged 16 and under can visit the show for free this year and all visitors can enjoy a free boat trip. Primary school pupils from Kilsby School, Northants were to have a trip aboard Water Ouzel, UCC’s day boat and also meet an actor impersonating James Brindley, whose 300th Birthday Anniversary was being celebrated at the show and whom was to do talks and demonstrations to the children regarding the early development of the canals.

This was all to take place by The Moorings Restaurant at Crick on the Wednesday morning before the Show. We were asked by Heather of UCC if we could get the day boat up there by the Tuesday and run the school trips, and we readily agreed, Heather having been approached by CRT as the hirers of the boat.
Consequently two of our team, Dave and Brian went up to Braunston on the Sunday to prepare and load Guinevere for the Show as it was decided that we would take her up with Water Ouzel on the Tuesday morning with the assistance of John Moore and Mike Horsley. We had moorings reserved for us outside The Moorings Restaurant and the school trip exercise went well on the Wednesday morning with Brian and John the skippers. Our input was appreciated by all. The children really enjoyed the trips.

We moved on to our Crick marina mooring on the Thursday morning to start the set up. On the Friday the rest of the team began to arrive with our campsite area reserved and made ready by Derek. The Face Painting team were also setting up in our marquee and the two Foxton day boats arrived under delivery by our skippers. So we were all ready for action on Saturday.
Unusually for the Crick Show there then followed three rain-free days. I am told by the organisers that attendance figures were up and this was reflected by the trip boat bookings which were fully booked out not long after midday each day, much due to Julie our vocal booking officer.

In all we made 82 trips with 815 passengers and an additional 23 dogs over the 3 days. The occasional boats went out with 9 passengers instead of 10, but in all only 5 tickets were unused. Rounded up utilisation figures were 100% (99.39% actual). Our skippers and quayside team worked hard throughout the weekend to achieve these results.

In the meantime Karen and Nick’s face painting team were getting a steady turnover in our adjacent marquee and the crew on Guinevere had a fairly constant stream of visitors, many being redirected to us by the trip boat crews and face painters.

We had some constructive enquiries from potential hirers and potential volunteers, which have been reviewed and Liz has sent follow-up letters to everyone. Brian has also arranged for the names to be added to our e-Newsletter list and Nigel has been advised of those who made enquires for 2017 bookings.

 
Our daily sandwich run was much appreciated by all, and our thanks are due to the sandwich team working hard every morning on the campsite. Every evening we retired to the campsite for Boz’s excellent BBQ offerings which were surpassed this year by a full Sunday Roast on the Sunday. We are extremely grateful for Boz and his team’s provision of the sustenance to keep us going the next day!!
Prior to Saturday’s BBQ we had our AGM which has now become a regular feature at Crick. A fuller report on that will follow.

All in all it was a very successful show and the organisers have once again recognised our input and are keen to carry on working with us as their Show Partners. With up to 30 LNBP attired personnel on site each day in the quayside area which included the booking and face painting marquee and adjacent Guinevere, we were quite prominent.
We continue to get free editorial and adverts in the Show programme and the publications the organisers issue leading up to the show. Crick remains our major marketing exercise of the year and with every ones support should be continued.

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Tricia at work!

LNBP crew at Crick Boat Show 2015

Crowds head to the quayside at Crick

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Tricia at work!

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