Thursday, January 05, 2006

Special Excursions and Trips

Special Excursions - Anniversaries, Birthdays, Retirement, and Office Lunch parties. Other ideas are, Down~river trips to the Estuary for Bird Watching and Seal spotting, or up~river as far as Fordwich or lunch stopovers at Plucks Gutter, Grove Ferry or Fordwich. Over-night stops are possible at Grove Ferry.
Special Trips - For schools and young peoples walking organizations etc., are popular with a commentary tailored as required e.g. Roman History, Wildlife, Rivers or just for fun!
We often let people have a go at steering the boat with the Tiller or helm.
Boats can booked any day of the year.

Pub lunch trip schedule to the
Dog and Duck at Plucks Gutter.
See prices for more detales.
You must phone to book on these trips.

Increase in capacity.
From 2017 our capacity is increasing to 70 but 40 to 50 will be more comfortable.
The user limit for this boat is Grove Ferry.

October, November,
December, Jan, Feb and March
Trips to the Dog and Duck for lunch leave at 11am on Saturdays if people have booked.
A special trip to Fordwich taking all day return or
Fordwich one way trips. 4 hours plus depending on nomber of stops on the way. £30 per person /( min no 4 ) Taxi one way £20 baced on 4 in car.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

General information

Trips depart from, The Quay, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EN, this is also our postal address which is next to the old Toll Bridge; phone on 07958 376183 early morning and evening for up to date info.
During the summer period from April to mid September we run Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, School and Bank Holidays. During the School Summer and Easter Holiday period we run seven days a week
In winter Saturdays and Sundays in good weather, unless pre-booked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The boats are licensed for twelve passengers and normally run alternate 1/2 hour and 1 hour trips. The 1 hour trip takes you to the Richborough Roman Fort. Passengers who wish to visit the Fort and return on a later trip are asked to pay an extra £3. Please also see Special Excursions.
It may be possible to arrange a courtesy bus to colect small groups on days out of peak season.