Wandering Duck Canal Boat Cruise
"Manchester to Middlewich"
The Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival brings together local, national and international folk artists for a weekend of live music, boats, dancers, food and more!
We’re bringing an artist on board (details to be released later ;-) with us as we journey from Manchester to Middlewich from Thursday to Friday, before spending the weekend moored right in the centre of Middlewich for the festival.
Highlights include:
Enjoy folk music on board Wandering Duck
Learn a bit of guitar or harmonica if you’re up for it!
Stop by Dunham Massey and the Anderton Boat Lift
FREE Tickets to the main ticketed events are included!
Have a go at steering the 69ft long Narrowboat
Most meals included in the price!
Includes:
Accommodation on the Narrowboat (2x 4-berth mixed-sex bunk cabins)
FREE Tickets to Friday and Saturday night’s Main Events
Meals: Day 1 – Lunch, Dinner: Day 2 – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner: Day 3 – Breakfast: Day 4 – Breakfast
Breakfast of cereals, toast & condiments, fresh fruit, fruit juices
Dinner includes 2 courses of home-cooked food
Home-made cake
Tea, ground coffee, hot chocolate & marshmallows
Soft drinks
Excludes:
One pub meal over the course of the tour
Alcoholic drinks from the honesty bar (help yourself and pay at the end of the tour)
Getting there and away:
Start Point: Castlefield Basin, Manchester. M1 2HG@ 10am
Wandering Duck will be moored in Castlefield Basin. Deansgate Train Station is a 5 minute walk away.
Finish Point: Trent & Mersey Canal, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 9BD
We will be in Middlewich from Friday evening until Sunday at 12pm.
Holmes Chapel Train Station is a 10 minute drive from where there are trains back to Manchester. We can assist with arranging shared taxi’s from Middlewich to Holmes Chapel Station on Sunday (pay driver locally).
More details about this trip can be found on Wandering Duck’s website:
http://www.wanderingduck.co.uk/our-tours/special-tours/middlewich-folk-boat-festival/
