Edith May Blogs
Sailing barge ‘Westmoreland’ – Latest update, 17-2-12
Following the high of saving the last surviving brick barge, ‘Westmoreland’, from her doomed fate at Standard Quay, the project has experienced an uncertain time over the past year. The barge’s initial saviour, Colin Frake, secured her short term future by allowing the ‘Westmoreland’ to reside in his dry dock, based at Otterham Quay. However, [...]
‘Folk Fortnight’ Sat 25th Feb, Sat 3rd Mar, Sat 10th Mar
The Edith May Trading Company are delighted to be welcoming aboard three high quality bands for a fortnight of entertaining music nights aboard the barge. Saturday 25th February – ‘Skinners Rats’ – Self-styled as the ‘best barndance band in the business’, the ‘Skinners Rats’ are a popular crowd-pleasing duo who perform a mix of English, [...]
Valentines Night, Sat 11th and Tues 14th Feb
The most romantic night of the year is fast approaching and the Edith May Trading Company are pleased to announce that, following last year’s greatly oversubscribed event, there will be two evenings available this year, on Saturday 11th and Tuesday 14th February.
New Carol Date – 14th December
All three of the original carol concerts have now sold out. However, do not fear if you missed out on tickets, as Dave Scott and his backing group have agreed to play another night – Wednesday 14th December. Hatches open at 1900hrs. Tickets are £7.50 and include a glass of mulled wine and minced pies. [...]
Christmas Carol Concerts
This December, the Edith May Trading Company is pleased to present three special evenings of Christmas carols. As well as the now traditional evening led by local lad Dave Scott and his merry musicians, there will be two other, very distinctive, evenings of festive fare.
Tea Room Reopening and Gigs…
With the nights drawing in, the barge will soon be laying up for the winter and assuming her alternative role as Tea Room and evening venue.
The Tea Room will now be open an extra day, Thursday to Sunday, providing even more opportunity to sample the delicious home made cake. Light lunches are also served throughout the day and the coal fire will be well stoked to keep the barge cosy.
The winter events schedule is now also coming together, with the Acoustic Architects welcomed back and playing aboard on Friday 28th October (Tickets £10, email or call to book) and quality folk band ‘Los Salvadores’ playing in early December.
Open Day – Sunday 3rd July
The first weekend in July sees the barge return to Lower Halstow Dock and she will once again be open to the public. To follow the theme of summer, homemade scones will be served from 1030 with lashings of clotted cream and jam! At the end of the day, the barge will undertake a short [...]
May News – Gigs and Gift Cards…
A successful start to the sailing season with plenty of sunshine and no little wind! The barge began with a full day sail to shake out the cobwebs before undertaking 3 hr and 90min trips from Chatham Maritime over the early May bank holiday. The afternoon trips, which depart at 1300, 1430 and 1600 cost [...]
End of Tea Room, chartering begins!
Sunday April 17th was the final day of the Tea Room for the 2010/2011 winter and the EMTC would like to thank all the people who have visited and supported us over the past 6 months. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces turn out for the final weekend – aided by some [...]
Links
Several websites have been kind enough to link to ours and so we would like to repay the favour. Some of these sites are tourism related and others are just run by keen enthusiasts. Please take a moment to browse through. Barge interest sites: www.intheboatshed.net www.thamesbarge.org.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/ www.cambriatrust.org.uk Local Tourism Find watersports with Watersporty Sailing, [...]
