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Boats crowded the moorings at March on the Old River Nene in support of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) campaign against the cuts to funding for British Waterways and the Environment Agency by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The event, which was organized by the IWA Peterborough Branch, was one of many such events across the country to demonstrate how communities use and value their waterways. Waterways are of value not only to boaters but also to every other type of waterway user - walkers, anglers, cyclists, canoeists, rowers, horse riders, runners, environmentalists - along with local businesses who benefit from visitors. There was a good turn out of boats that attracted much attention from shoppers crossing the town bridge.

Although this event was held in the Middle Level, one of the few waterways not immediately effected by the cuts, it is part of the countrywide network of waterways that together are our heritage of our industrial past and a recreational asset for our future.