(All cruises on the river Great Ouse unless stated otherwise)
† indicates the cruise hasn't been written up yet.
May: Shakedown cruise to the 'Five Miles', 1st engine service, various short trips on the Great Ouse.
June: Various short trips on the Great Ouse.
July: Summer holiday cruise to Bedford.
August, September and October: Weekend pub visits.
June: Steve's birthday cruise after the Great Pike and Eel Flood.
July: Summer holiday cruise on the Great Ouse to Denver and the river Cam to Cambridge.
August: Booze Cruises - to the Five Miles; to the Fish and Duck; to various other pubs on the Gt. Ouse and Brandon Creek.
September: Aborted trip to Littleport for re-blacking.
April: Sorting out the new mooring at Littleport.
May: The IWA Cambridge Branch Reach Fair Boat gathering (Great Ouse, river Cam, Reach Lode and back); Pike and Eel Boat Club Bank Holiday cruise.
June: IWA NB Jubilee support trip to Denver.
August: Cruise to Bedford and visit to the IWA National Waterways Festival at Milton Keynes.
October: The 'wot no floods' cruise to the Black Horse.
March: Spring cruising around the lower Great Ouse.
April: More spring cruising around the lower Great Ouse.
May: IWA Cambridge Branch Reach Fair Boat gathering (Great Ouse, R.Cam, Reach Lode and back; River Wissey to Wissington and back, Gt.Ouse to Denver and back to Littleport).
June: Pike and Eel Boat Club Jubilee Rally at Hilgay, Club Regatta and back to Littleport. (Gt Ouse, River Wissey).
July: Weekend cruise to the Pike and Eel.
August/September: Black Country Boat Festival trip (Gt.Ouse, tidal Ouse, Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek/Old River Nene/Whittlesey Dyke/Kings Dyke), River Nene, Grand Union Northampton Branch, Grand Union, North Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham and Fazeley, BCN Main Line and Dudley No.2 canal to Windmill End, back to BCN Main Line and Victoria Basin, Wolverhampton Top Lock for winter mooring and a bit of TLC).
April/May: Wolverhampton to Northampton via Nantwich, the IWA Northampton Branch 2003 Boat Rally, Northampton to Littleport.
(BCN Wolverhampton 21 locks, Staffs and Worcester, Shropshire Union, Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch, Wardle, Trent and Mersey, Birmingham and Fazeley, Coventry, North Oxford, Grand Union, GU Northampton Arm, River Nene, Middle Level Navigations (Kings Dyke/Whittlesey Dyke/Old River Nene/Well Creek), tidal Ouse, Gt.Ouse.
June: Pike and Eel Boat Club Regatta and back to Littleport via Cambridge (Gt.Ouse, R.Cam).
IWA/EA Nar Link Campaign Rally at Denver Sluice (Gt.Ouse, Relief Channel).
August: Weekend trip to Denver and the 'hottest day on record' weekend at Brandon Creek.
September: Pub visits.
October: Engine TLC and more pub visits.
May: IWA Cambridge Branch Reach Fair Boat Gathering and the great River Nene Flood (Gt.Ouse, R.Cam, Reach Lode and back, tidal Ouse, Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek/Old River Nene/Whittlesey Dyke to Whittlesey and back to March).
August: Tambourine re-painted - Market Drayton to Tilstone New Wharf (Shropshire Union), Tilstone New Wharf to Trevor Basin and back (Shropshire Union, Llangollen Canal).
September: Back to the fens again (Shropshire Union, Staffs and Worcester, BCN, Worcester and Birmingham, Stratford, Grand Union, GU Northampton Arm, River Nene, Middle Level Navigations (Kings Dyke/Whittlesey Dyke/Old R.Nene/Ramsey High Lode).
October: A new mooring at Ramsey.
May: The IWA Peterborough Branch May Bank Holiday Rally at Ramsey
July: Weekend trip to Floods Ferry Marina and back to Bill Fen (Ramsey High Lode, Old River Nene and back)
August: Weekend trip to March and back to Bill Fen (Ramsey High Lode, Old River Nene and back)
October: Back to the Great Ouse again (Ramsey High Lode, Old River Nene, Well Creek, tidal Ouse, Great Ouse to Popes Corner marina).
April: IWA Cambridge branch Reach Fair Gathering of Boats (Great Ouse, Reach Lode and back)
May: The great Landing Stage construction project and a short trip to the ‘Five Miles’.
June: Weekend pub visit to the Pike and Eel.
July: Just tooo hot to travel. A short run to Queen Adelaide and lazy days at Popes Corner marina.
† August: Gary’s trips to Cambridge and Huntingdon.
September: A pleasant holiday wander to Huntingdon and back and Andy and Ali’s round tour of the fens
October: To Westview Marina for a bit of TLC and back to Popes Corner again
November: The BSS inspection that didn’t happen
January: Newspaper photographs and storms.
March: More storms – and the BSS inspection.
April: BSS completed and getting ready for Reach Fair
May: IWA Cambridge Branch Reach Fair Gathering of Boats (Great Ouse, Reach Lode and back)
June: Gary’s weekend trip to Cambridge (Great Ouse, Cam)
August: Weekend trip to the Pike and Eel and the IWA National Waterways Festival in St.Ives
September – December: Various T.L.C. tasks
January: TLC and solar panels to help the batteries stay alive
February: More of the same but at least the weather's nice!
March: So much for an Easter cruise
April: Looks like the first trip will be Reach Fair again
May: IWA Cambridge Branch Reach Fair Gathering of Boats (Great Ouse, Reach Lode and back)
June: Away to Ely for all sorts of repairs.
August: At last - a cruise!
