Sophie's Social calendar

Well, the last two weeks have flown by and finally we appear to be in Spring as the temperature has risen and the daffs are showing themselves.
I have been pretty busy with a bit of social fun for our moorers. We thought that as Nantwich Jazz festival, which is Easter weekend - 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th April, is on our doorstep it might be an idea to organise some transport and secure the sale of wristbands.
I am delighted to announce that with a little help from the lovely folk at The Crown Hotel and Cresent Garage (both local companies) we have managed both. Transport is now available for the Friday 6th and Saturday 7th April
For the uninitiated, the festival is now in it's 16th year and attracts some varied and talented artists from all over the country. There are ticket only gigs, as well as live music in most of the pubs and in the town square, it really is quite something and pulls crowds every year without fail. For more info take a look at their website - nantwichjazz.com

The taxi will run from the Marina at 7pm into Nantwich town centre and return at 12 midnight at a cost of £4.00 per person. If you would like to book a seat, please contact the office. The offer is only open to moorers and their guests

Wristbands will be on sale from Thursday 5th April at £6 each - once you have a wristband you can enter any/all the pubs (dependant only on your stamina!!!) where there will be live music.

I would be really keen to hear from anyone who has any ideas on other events would make a good diary date, I wondered about  the RHS Flower show or even Crick Boat Show. Please let me know what you think....

Hello again,

I have been reminded that an introduction would have been a good idea - I'm Sophie!

Well formalities over with, since I last posted it seemed that winter had finally got us in his icy grip. Here at Swanley both the marina and the staff were frozen solid for a good week !!

I had not realized what an inconvenience it would be, obviously there were no movements possible, that of course meant all our engineering had to be postponed and people due to leave and arrive couldn't do either. I did see a few boats moving on the canal, although I thought ice was a concern as it removes your blacking?

Thankfully the ice is melting and we are working hard to catch up with jobs that were abandoned, along with the inevitable water pipe bursts. You could say it's all go again. 


The break however did give me chance to check out our potential engineering jobs, we still have a few spaces in the DIY sheds, and a degree of availability with our engineer Danny.

So if you need a high quality engineer let me know !!