River Wey Horse Drawn Barge & Cream Tea
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Join us for two hour trip on the narrowboat Iona with a Cream Tea along a picturesque stretch of the Wey. The Iona began her working life in 1935 plying her trade along the Grand Union Canal, and variously carried cargoes of coal, lime juice, chocolate crumb and steel billets. She was converted in 1968 to operate as a horse-drawn trip boat, and has since 1985 been a regular sight along the Godalming Navigation.
Towed seemingly effortlessly by a single horse, the Iona still retains her traditional narrowboat decor and a bargee’s cooking range in the rear cabin.
Currently the equine team are Rosie, who is a 14 1 hands piebald mare born in 1986, and her working partner who is a comparative youngster at seven years her junior - a blue roan gelding called Ben who stands at 15 1 hands. Includes Horse Drawn Boat trip, Cream Tea and return travel by coach.