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Boats blockade the Kennet & Avon Canal at Pewsey
Wharf .
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Weather was awful, the rain poured and the wind blew! Our
banner acting as a sail and trying to take the boat sideways. Nevertheless, 9
boats with their hardy crews arrived at Pewsey Wharf on the Sunday morning.
Others had planned to come but engine gremlins and a tree in the water
interfered with their plans.
It was difficult to count visitors as they didn't tend to
hang around for long in the rain, but we had the support of canoeists and some
walkers, including families with their young children. Others included an
elderly gentleman who had watched the Kennet & Avon restored from a muddly
ditch into the lovely waterway it is today. He was our first visitor and stayed
for a large part of the morning.
Michael Ancram MP joins walkers, boaters,
canoeists, dog walkers and anglers.
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Michael Ancram, MP for the area joined us at lunch time.
Not as many signatures to the petition as we would have
liked, as the ink ran and the paper got very soggy!
The hot dogs and sausage rolls provided by club member, Gill
Harris, were very well received by those supporters who had turned out.
That people bothered to turn out in such attrocious weather
is indicative of the strength of feeling in this area.
Kay Wardle
PWBC
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