Well, the season of Inland Waterways festivals is off to a cracking start. So far Boatshed Grand Union has attended three this year with great results.

First we had a great time at Canalway Cavalcade in Little Venice, where we had a stand and sponsored the real ale bar. We showed lots of boats for sale in London and the surrounding areas and we even had one there in the pool in the middle of the festivities. She sold the following week. We held a great Fizz at six on the towpath serving bubbly from the back of Persephone, the Boatshed Grand union narrowboat.

At Rickmansworth, two weeks later, we had a prime position alongside the towpath in the heart of the festival. Persephone did double duty as our stand for the show, displaying Narrowboats for sale and Dutch Barges forsale along her upper deck. We had another great Fizz party on Saturday evening with an impromptu jam session featuring several guitars and singers. Again Boatshed Grand Union was a sponsor of the festival and our banners featured prominently around the site.

The final May bank holiday saw us at the Crick Boat show in Northamptonshire. as well as Boatshed Grand Union we also introduced Boatshed Inland a new umbrella site for all Boatshed Inland Waterways activities. We talked to a number of Inland Waterways Business who were interested in Brokerage Partnerships or the new White Label Brokerage Concept which allows businesses who have a strong brand to set up a Boatshed Powered brokerage site under their own name.

We have seen a staggering increase in visitors to the site many of whom are interested in either buying a canal boat or selling a narrowboat through Boatshed Grand Union.

More Festivals where you will find us this year include:

Ware Boat Festival --- 3rd July

Angel Canal Festival Islington 5th September

IWA National Beale Park 28th-30th August - Bank Holiday weekend