One of the spectacular aqueducts over which we travelled (TWICE!) on a recent trip

Following our initial foray along England's canals, in 1997, we arranged Float to the Festival 2000—which worked out so well that two of our 'canalees', David and Barbara, set up a web page with details (and some lovely photos) - thanks guys! We became so confident that we repeated the expedition (a circumnavigation of the Warwickshire Ring canal system) in 2002 (see the report from Garry & Sara at garrydelong.com/canals.html), and then explored a different route on our 2004 adventure.

The view of the tiller-person... 69 ft. above the valley of the River Ceiriog

Being enormously gratified by the oft-stated enjoyment of our 2004 and 2005 crews, we repeated that trip (from Chirk, in North Wales, to the splendid old, walled city of Chester) in 2006. (Vicki has documented the experience, with photos from several of the participants.) In 2008 we explored the Oxford canal and the Banbury Folk Festival, whilst 2009 saw us reprise our visit to the Warwick Folk Festival, though via a different route this time.

The core features of these vacations are folk-music, real ale, performing arts, history and heritage; within the context of an active, and communally-interactive, vacation. We are taking a break in 2010, but will be offering a trip in 2011, which will be at the end of May and will encompass the beautiful city of Bath and one of our very favourite singing festivals in Chippenham, where they will be celebrating their 40th Festival! If you would like to be on our list of 'possibles' for this or future expeditions, and we'll keep you posted as plans progress.