During the three days of August Bank Holiday the Inland Waterways Association held their annual National Waterways Festival & Boat Show. This year the venue was Autherley Junction near Wolverhampton, on the Shropshire Union Canal, and so of course all three Truman boats were there, on display to the public. Many festival-goers took the opportunity to visit and look around the boats.

Nancy made all the booking arrangements and Mark Wooton organised the volunteers and the rotas. Following the event Mark had this message for everyone who helped in any way:-

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for your help at the recent IWA Festival near Wolverhampton.
We had a good presence at the festival and everyone had a good time. The weather was good considering the few poor weeks of weather beforehand.
In total, we raised £139.31 for TENT which includes £110 for calendars, £22.31 in donations, £5 spare sink, and £2 for toilet owing a great deal I am sure to Jean for her demonstrations of use! In addition we had another donation of £1.62 for another loo thanks to the bartering of Barry who delivered the loo bucket via boat shaft to another boater as we were queuing for the stop lock. It truly was a team effort!

Of course, the main goal of attending the National Festival was to promote our trust and publicize our work. There was a great deal of interest in all of our work from youth residentials, various day trips, to our new Family Day Trips. We are sure to get quite a few new bookings from our publicity.

Thank you to the team who got the boats there on Friday in good time and the team on Monday who patiently waited at the stop lock for over a hour and a half to return late Monday evening.

Thanks again and I look forward to seeing you again soon!!" Mark Wooton

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