April 2025 Following the branch’s AGM, Treasurer Ken Lowe stood in to give his presentation on his Rhine-Danube cruise that he took in 2018 on the Charles Dickens. The itinerary commenced in Cologne and cruised through to Budapest via Vienna. It was a revelation how busy these waterways are with full commercial barges, both propelled and pushed, travelling up and …
Bedford April 2025
April 2025 Branch Secretary Tim Webb gave his presentation Dock Visits 1981 on visits he made to south coast ports in early part of 1981.The ports visited were in the London area, Felixstowe/Harwich area and Southampton. Visits to the River Thames included the sorely missed WSS Dock Visits organised by Ian Wells. The presentation was based on merchant vessels except …