Audlem Lass enjoys her first day

Audlem Lass set off on the dot of 9.30am yesterday on her first 'paying' voyage from Overwater Marina to Audlem.

The weather was perfect and almost a hundred passengers, plus a couple of dogs, enjoyed their trip along the canal during the day. The passengers all – well, we are not sure about the dogs – made donations to the RNLI, the lifeboat charity.

Funds raised on Audlem Lass will help pay for a new lifeboat at New Brighton at the mouth of the River Mersey, one of the country's busiest shipping lanes.

Audlem Lass will be running a scheduled service today and over the Easter weekend. The normal £1 fares are being waived and donations to the RNLI accepted over this weekend.

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