We have spent the weekend at the Inland Waterways Association Harborough 75 Festival held to celebrate 75 years since the IWA's first national campaigning rally in 1950 and to publicise today's waterways and the importance that they are maintained for the future.
The festival included a number of old restored narriowboats, waterways based traders selling cakes, cheese, doggie thing, crafts etc moored in the canal and a festival events site where food, drink. s, entertainments and further stalls could be found.
The weather forecast for Saturday was awful with heavy rain and possible thunderstorms though mostly it remained dry. Suhday ws better attractiing more visitors. For us it was good to meet up with boating friends some of whom we had not seen for several years.
We worked there setting up the IWA stand and subsequently talking to interested visitors and signing up new members. One visitor of particular interest was a lady who had attended the original festival as a young girl and had brought along the scrap book she had compiled at the time.
We will be moving on tomorrow.
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| Old narrowboats moored above the locks |
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| Part of the festival events site |
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| Densie moored at the festival |
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