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August 2014
I'm just pondering whether or not we should do an Ice Bucket Challenge at the marina in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association (my father in law Richard sadly has this awful disease). The weekend after next one of the men at the farm Paul Cliffe, and his wife Wendy will be running the Great North Run in aid of the same charity. We were talking about it in the office the other day and Dave mentioned that he'd seen a much more impressive approach to helping people — someone had decided not to do the ice bucket challenge, but to be more hands on — he'd gone to a food store and bought 4 meals then taken to give to a chap he knew lived rough on the street. So from now on we're going to adopt a RAC principle (random act of kindness)!
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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...
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...
Don't forget to join us for an evening of FREE entertainment on Saturday 8th September. The evening starts at 6pm with an interesting and amusing talk on the history of the RNLI from Peter Robinson, a retired Lifeboat Coxwain. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Funky Choir and our headline act — the fabulous Geoff Rey. The RNLI bar and BBQ will be open from 6pm and there will...
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