Santa left his sleigh at home and instead took to the water when the River Stour Trust held its first ever Santa Boat Rides at The Granary, Quay Lane, Sudbury on Sunday 16 December. The event comprised a 30-minute festive river cruise with Santa and his crew of elves followed by a small gift for …
On Wednesday 14 November, the Trust was delighted to welcome Councillor Christopher Hudson to formally name our new boat, Maria Constable. The purchase of the boat was greatly assisted through a generous £6,000 grant from the Councillor’s locality budget. Mr Hudson said: “I am delighted to support the Trust in its work to maintain our priceless …
We would like to assure everyone that despite this blow, the Trust is very much still in business and all of our activities going forward will be unaffected. This is thanks to magnificent efforts by our volunteers and administration team. All our computer files were backed up, and most of our historic photographs digitised, so …
The Colchester Gazette sadly could not join us for the formal opening of the Roger Brown Lock in May but we did enjoy a cruise with journalist, Andrew Collitt, a few months later. Below is the article recounting her experience and what she learned about the Trust and our activities.
We have been pleased by a couple of recent Suffolk Free Press articles about the Trust in the space of 2 weeks. Article 1: How 50 years of dedication kept boating afloat The first article is a double-page spread celebrating 50 years of the River Stour Trust. We were pleased to meet up with journalist, …