The organisers of the Itchen River Festival, Southampton, have been in touch to ask if any Society members would like to attend to demonstrate coraclemaking at their festival which will take place on Saturday 27th May. Money is available to cover cost of materials and your attendance. 

If you are interested please contact Joshua Taylo directly - [email protected]

Coracles made a brief appearance last week on episode 4 of the 8th series of the BBC's Great British Railway Journeys, hosted by Michael Portillo.

Michael was following the East Coast main line and during a stop in Dunbar, East Lothian, got to try his hand coracling with a couple East Lothian junior rangers.

I spent a brilliant weekend in September making a coracle on a course near Henley run by Alistair Phillips . I live close enough to the Kennet and Avon canal to be able to carry my coracle from home on my back and have had great fun trying it out. I discovered that the plastic paddle works as an ice breaker so managed to carry on bashing my way through even when the canal was partially frozen.

'The Adventures of Dai Dreaming' has been created and written by Martin Fowler, Society member and owner of the National Coracle Centre in Cenarth.