Audlem in Gossip magazines

As regular readers will know, the AudlemOnline webteam send an article about Audlem to the publishers of the popular Whitchurch and Market Drayton Gossip magazines each month.

The July article said:

Audlem Transport Festival & Historic Narrow Boats Gathering

It has already been a busy summer in Audlem with the Music & Arts Festival in late-May and the Party on the Park on 4th July.

Next up is the Audlem Transport Festival on 26th July and the Historic Narrow Boats Gathering over the weekend of 25th and 26th July.

The Transport Festival, organised by the Audlem Special Events Team (ASET) will see the south Cheshire village packed with fascinating vehicles. Around three hundred vintage and classic cars, motor cycles, buses, commercial and agricultural vehicles will parade through the village before assembling on the playing field for closer inspection by the large crowds that turn up each year to this popular free event.

All the vehicles gather at nearby Hankelow before driving to Audlem. Crowds line the village streets, and there's an informative commentary describing each vehicle as they drive past.

As well as the hundreds of wheeled attractions, there will be much to see over the weekend on the canal at Audlem Wharf with a Gathering of Historic Narrow Boats organised by Audlem Mill. A record number of vintage boats will be moored so it will be well worth walking down the canal towpath to enjoy finding out more about these fascinating boats.

You can also take a trip on the canal with the Audlem Lass boat service that runs from Lock 15 to Overwater Marina. This service carries about 4,000 passengers a year and raises large sums of money for the RNLI, the lifeboat charity.

A new service is starting this summer with the Overwater Wheelyboat, a local community charity, providing free pleasure trips to disabled children and adults so that they can enjoy seeing the wildlife and countryside and even go fishing!

The new 17ft boat has been specially designed with easy access for people with mobility issues allowing easy roll on/roll off access for wheelchairs. The launch event was at the Award winning Overwater Marina, a mile north of Audlem, on Saturday 27th June, where the wheelyboat will be based.

Rodney Cottrell, the organiser, says: "Boat trips from the marina are extremely popular but inaccessible for anyone who can't climb into a boat from the jetty. This new boat allows us to take those people on two-hour journeys along a lovely stretch of the canal offering fantastic views and no locks!"

Thanks to the extreme generosity of several charitable organisations, local businesses and individuals, the new charity has raised over the £30,000 needed to have the boat built along with its special access jetty, the required licensing and immediate running costs.

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