Could you believe it..

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August 2011

I never cease to be amazed by random conincidences in life and as everyone in the office will confirm get a bit over excited about them! This week's "amazingly random moment" happened on Friday teatime. Isabelle was going off to pony club camp and I rushed home to pick up her, the pony and the 10 tonnes of gear she had to take with her (including a wheelbarrow — I kid you not!) We picked up her friend's pony and off we went through Nantwich. As we headed towards the aqueduct at the bottom of Welsh Row I spotted a boat just heading over....looked up...and there was Garry (our Caretaker), Julie, and of course Jenny the dog on nb Teila cruising gently over the bridge. Much horn blowing and frantic waving ensued (on my part, not theirs!) and I was delighted to get a wave back....until I went under the bridge and wondered why that lorry driver in front of me had pulled over and was walking towards me as I waited to pull out past him. He was shaking his head in a confused expression and and asking if he'd hit the bridge.............oops....

We are very proud to say they made it! — our engineering team from Overwater Marina, lead by Simon Peek, workshop manager have recently been paddling for pounds as they completed a mammoth 10 mile paddle from the marina, near Audlem, to Nantwich basin and back to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. The team nicknamed "Peeky's Blinders" were in their bespoke mini...

Three men in a boat.

Carol: Tue 16 Oct 2:56pm

Sunday the 28th October will see the Overwater Marina engineering team paddling for pounds as they attempt a charity row from the Marina, near Audlem, to Nantwich basin and back. Peeky's Blinders, named in honour of workshop manager Simon Peek, have decided to re-launch their raft 'Broke n down' to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute with this sponsored event...

Charity Sale of the Overwater Raft

Carol: Wed 26 Sep 1:21pm

Possibly the smallest narrowboat on the network has recently become available for sale!'Broke n Down' was hand-crafted by the engineers from Overwater Narrowboat Services to take part in this year's raft race at the RNLI festival; which took place alongside the Autumn Boatshare4u Boat show. This narrowboat marvel, and winner of the best-dressed category, was hand-painted and...