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News about Reed Boats in 2007.

March 2007.

We are on our travels again, and the temperature has dropped!! Snow showers, ice in the mornings and a vicious cross wind!! Ideal boating weather with a warm coal fire inside. We said goodbye till the Autumn to all our friends at Saltisford Warwick and set out up Hatton locks as British Waterways were still removing the 'closed for winter maintenance' notices.

We have started the year with two crew. As expected my oldest daughter Marie is going to crew for the year for us. She will be living in the butty cabin and doing the indoor crew work. So expect an interesting variety of teas and healthier snacks to be available this year. Then we have been joined by Trevor, an Australian in his early twenties who comes to us from the Australian Army. He will be living in a cabin inside the motor and doing the work of outdoor crew. Despite coming from sunny Australia the cold weather does not seem to worry him as he goes out for a run each morning when I am still hugging the radiator.

During the winter we managed to get a variety of work done to make the boats more comfortable including :-

• A scrub down of all woodwork in the butty and new coats of varnish.
• New cupboards in the toilets to hide our cleaning materials.
• A new CD player/ radio in the lounge of the butty, powerful enough to enable you to sit outside in the cockpit with music.
• New carpet in the main lounge on the motor.
• A DVD player instead of the video with an interesting and varied selection of films if you wish to watch one.
• All pipe work boxed in and new cupboards down the rear corridor on the motor.

We have also replaced a lot of the older bedding on the butty and provided a number of new items of crockery. An extra outside step, a wire covered over in the butty cabins, new shower grouting etc., many similar smaller items.

Bookings are, so far, up this year. There are now only one or two cabins left over the summer holidays, however there is still plenty of space in April and some in May and June.

• So why not book up an early holiday. Remember the last minute breaks, ring us to see where the spaces are and come for just a few days.
• We do also have a couple of weeks which are still totally empty. So ring quickly if you fancy getting a small group of friends or family together and chartering us for your exclusive use.

Newsletter for February 2007

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If you have any questions then do ring us on 07977 229103
or email us at martinreed@reedboats.co.uk