Anyone taking a Canal Boat Holiday next Easter will be pleased to learn that planning has already started for next Easter's boat gathering at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port.

The Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club is helping organise the event, which will be held over the Easter weekend, 22 - 25 April.

There’s going to be plenty to see with activities including a sea shanty festival and entertainment on the Saturday and Sunday evenings.

All boats are welcome and ex-working boats and their crews will be admitted free.

On the Friday, the Boat Museum Society will be hosting a talk led by Pat Crecraft about the campaigning work of George Smith of Coalville in 'A Special Kind of Traffic'.

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