SOS Mayday Events

The following events were organised around Mayday Bank Holiday weekend.

IWA London Region, Branches & WRG
Canalway Cavalcade - Little Venice – Regents Canal London Saturday 1 to Monday 3 May.
Principal Contacts:

General enquiries: Publicity Officer, Christine Smith    christine.smith@waterways.org.uk Chairman of the Organising Committee: Dave 'Moose' Hearnden moose@wrg.org.uk
Event Organiser: Libby Bradshaw libby.bradshaw@boltblue.com

IWA Chester & District Branch
Lock Wind at Big Lock in Middlewich over the May Day weekend, Saturday 1 May to Monday 3 May.
Contact Gillian Bolt petergillianbolt1@btinternet.com

IWA Chiltern Branch 
Details TBC
Contact Mel Errington  jumel@tiscali.co.uk

IWA Ipswich Branch/River Gipping Trust/River Stour Trust
Publicity Day linked with a River Stour Activity Monday 3 May River Stour, The Granary, Sudbury, and Suffolk
Contact Charles Stride secretary.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

IWA Lee & Stort Branch
Ware Campaign- 17 May 
Ware Boat Festival 2-4 July 
Contact Jim Shacklock jmshacklock@btinternet.com  

IWA Lichfield Branch 
Display and Info Stand Brewery St Arcade Rugeley 1 May
Contact Phil Sharpe philip.g.sharpe@ntlworld.com

Lincolnshire Branch
Boaters’ Gathering at South Kyme on the Sleaford Navigation, Lincs. Weekend May 1,2 and 3rd.
Contact: Steve.hayes-kyme@ntlworld.com  or Dave Carnell. 01469530138 dcarnell@talktalk.net

IWA Northampton Branch
Annual Boat Gathering. Northampton Town Quay and private event on the Lock Island. May Day weekend Friday 30th April – Monday 3rd May.
Contact Bernard Morton bernie@abmdata.co.uk.

IWA Milton Keynes Branch
Milton Keynes Canal Awareness Weekend Saturday 1- Monday 3 May
Lock Ransom weekend late May Bank Holiday weekend
Contact David Stuart-King  davidjsking@talktalk.net

IWA Oxfordshire Branch
SOS & Cressy Cruise pre-publicity and photo call Banbury 5 March "send off" event Banbury 24 April.
Contact Mary Heritage ronmary.heritage@btinternet.com

IWA Peterborough Branch 
Protest cruise along the Forty Foot and Sixteen Foot drains Saturday 24th April
Contact Nigel Long nhlong@supanet.com

IWA Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch
Meet and talk to the public at Norbury May Day Canal Festival (the festival is organised by S&NCT) May Bank Holiday weekend
Write letters to all the local MPs and councillors
Contact   Dawn Aylwin dawn@aylwin.me.uk

IWA Stoke on Trent Branch
Lock wind/publicity display at Lock 51 on the Trent and Mersey Canal (in the vicinity of Church Lawton near Alsager). Saturday 1st May, 10am to 5pm. 
Contact Alison Smedley alison@hazelhurstcottage.co.uk

IWA Warwickshire Branch
Campaign Cruise, Hawksbury Junction to Coventry Basin
Saturday 1 May
Contact Ian Fletcher  ipsoco@btinternet.com