This last weekend (13/14-September) was Stoke Bruerne Village at War weekend. The crowds flocked in on what was a lovely weekend so we decided that Sculptor should have a wee bit of exercise.
Prior to the weekend we took CRT's head of Heritage (Dr Nigel Crowe), CRT Press Office in the form of Sarah Rudy and an ITV Anglia film crew through the tunnel for them to film an 'episode' of their 'On the Water' series. It was a slow trip northbound (about an hour) whilst the crew did pieces to camera and obtained the footage they required. We then dropped our passengers at the northern portal and continued to Blisworth village to wind and return to Stoke Bruerne. We have been promised a full copy of the video they took.
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| Steve Dean on the front of Sculptor watching the tow with Cath Fincher on Sickle's front deck |
On the Saturday of the Village at War weekend we took Sculptor into the top lock and connected her up with Alan and Cath Fincher's Sickle to re-enact the tow that Sickle undertook with Sculptor, Sagitta and Scorpio in 1948 when the three boats were towed by Sickle to the northwest. We are endeavouring to get all four boats together at an event (possibly Braunston) next year.
On the Sunday we worked down the flight to the A508 and back up again in conjunction with Nutfield and Raymond - the lockside at the top lock was crowded for both events and some excellent publicity was obtained for Sculptor. Our thanks for Norman Mitchell for his usual excellent commentary and Neil Owen, Senior Waterway manager South East for his help on the Saturday. Also to David B for making up some cross straps at a moment's notice.
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