Trip History 3
The table below is a summary of all President's trips after restoration by Malcolm Braine and Nicholas Bostock.
It is divided into three parts:
April 1978 to Sept. 1982 - Operated by the President Steamer Company
Jan. 1983 to Jan. 2001 - Owned by Black Country Living Museum
March 2003 to date - Owned by Black Country Living Museum
| From | To | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Location | |
| 29-March-03 | - | Dadford's Shed back home to the Black Country Living Museum - Click here for more | |
| 9-Jun-03 | 11-Jun-03 | BCLM to Middlewich for the Middlewich Folk and Boating Festival | |
| 16-Jun-03 | 22-Jun-03 | Middlewich to Braunston - Click here for more | |
| 30-Jun-03 | 3-Jul-03 | Braunston to BCLM at Dudley - Click here for more | |
| 10-Aug-03 | 15-Aug-03 | Dudley to Braunston | |
| 16-Aug-03 | 21-Aug-03 | Braunston to Beale Park ( River Thames ) | |
| 22-Aug-03 | 25-Aug-03 | at the IWA National Waterways Festival - Beale Park | |
| 25-Aug-03 | 30-Aug-03 | Beale Park to Braunston - via Oxford | Trip report |
| 30-Aug-03 | 1-Sept-03 | At Braunston Marina | |
| 1-Sept-03 | 5-Sept-03 | Braunston to Dudley | |
| 17-Oct-03 | 20-Oct-03 | To Stourbridge and back to the BCLM - some photos here | |
| 2004 | Location | Notes | |
| 17th April |
29th April |
Dudley to Little Venice for Canal Cavalcade. |
Photos here |
| 29th April | 3rd May | Canal Cavalcade at Little Venice, London | Photos here |
| 3rd May | 10th May | At the London Canal Museum, Kings Cross | |
| 10th May | London Canal museum to Hanwell via Brentford ( Thames Tideway ) | Photos here | |
| 11th May | 21st May | Hanwell to BCLM, Dudley | Photos here |
| 21st June | 25th June | Dudley to Braunston | |
| 27th June | 29th June | Braunston to Foxton Inclined Plane | Report |
| 30th June | 4th July | Foxton to Nottingham - where the boats moored opposite the ex FMC warehouse | Report Photos here |
| 5th July | 10th July | Nottingham to BCLM Dudley | Report |
| 23rd August | 26th August | Dudley to to Shobnall Field | |
| 28th August | 30th August | In steam at Inland Waterways National Festival & Boat Show at Burton on Trent | |
| 31st August | 3rd Sept. | Burton on Trent to Shackerstone | Report |
| 4th September | 5th September | In steam at Shackerstone Steam Festival | |
| 6th September | 11th September | Shackerstone to BCLM Dudley | Report |
| 24th Sept | 26th Sept. | Parkhead Gathering of boats | |
| 28th Sept | Fri 1st Oct. | Dudley to Huddlesford | |
| Fri. 1st Oct. | Sun 3rd Oct | At Huddlesford Gathering | |
| Sun 3rd Oct | Wed. 6th Oct. 2004 | Huddlesford to Dudley | |
| 2005 | Location | ||
| 26th April | Fri. 29th April | Dudley to Leamington Canal Festival | |
| Sat 30th April | Mon 2nd May | In steam at Leamington Canal Festival | |
| Mon. 2nd May | Thurs. 5th May | Leamington to BCLM Dudley, via North Stratford canal | Photo's at Lapworth |
| Sun. 22nd May | Thurs. 26th May | Dudley to Crick | |
| Fri. 27th May | 30th May | Crick boat show | |
| Tues 31st May | Weds. 8th June | Crick to London Greenland Pier - / South Dock Marina & London Canal Museum | daily trip schedule |
| Sat 4th June | Wed 8th June | To Canal Museum via tidal Thames and Greenland Dock | Schedule |
| Wed 8th June | Thurs 16th June | Moored at London Canal Museum, Battlesbridge basin | Museum website |
| Sat 11th June | Sun 12th June | In steam at London Canal Museum, Battlesbridge basin | |
| Noon Thurs 16th June | London Canal Museum to City Road Basin | ||
| 7pm Thurs. 16th June | Noon 18th June | Fly Run from City Road Basin to Stoke Bruerne | Previous fly runs Schedule |
| 18th June | 19th June | Blisworth Tunnel 200th anniversary | |
| Mon 20th June | Fri 24th June | On show at Stoke Bruerne by Waterways Museum | Schedule |
| Fri 24th June | Stoke Bruerne to Braunston | ||
| Sat 25th June | Sun 26th June | At Braunston FMC Rally and Canal Festival | |
| Sun 26th June | Weds 29th June | Braunston to BCLM, Dudley | Schedule |
| Tues 26th July | Thur. 28th July | Dudley to Worcester for Severn Boat Festival | Schedule |
| Fri 29th July | Sun 31st July | Severn Boat Festival | |
| Sun 31st July | Tues 2nd Aug | Worcester to Tardebigge | Schedule |
| Sun 14th Aug | Tues 16th Aug | Tardebigge to Dudley | Schedule |
| Tues 16th August | Fri. 19th August | BCLM, Dudley to Northwich via the Anderton lift | web images |
| Tues 23rd August | Thurs 25th August | Northwich to Preston Brook via Anderton Lift | Anderton Lift web site Schedule |
| Thurs 25th August | Mon. 29th August | At IWA National Festival and Boat Show 2005, Preston Brook, Cheshire | Schedule |
| Mon. 29th August | Mon. 5th Sept. | Preston Brook to Dudley via Anderton lift and River Weaver | |
| 24th Sept | 25th September | At Boaters festival at BCLM | |
| 2006 | Location | ||
| 14th June | 16th June | Black Country Living Museum ( BCLM ) to Middlewich ( without Kildare ) | more detail here |
| 16th June | 18th June | At Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival | |
| 19th June | 22nd June | Middlewich to Ellesmere Port | more detail here |
| 23rd June | 25th June | IWA Chester Branch - celebration Rally | more detail here |
| 26th June | 30th June | Ellesmere Port to BCLM - Dudley | |
| The 2006 boating programme curtailed as a result of a fault in President's boiler | |||
| 2007 | Location | Detailed 2007 trip history | |
| Mon-18-Jun | Sat-23-Jun | BCLM - Dudley - to Braunston | More detail |
| Sat-23-Jun | Mon-25-Jun | At Braunston | Rally and Canal Festival at Braunston Marina |
| Mon-25-Jun | 9th July | Stoke Bruerne | change of plan due to high river levels. The plan was to go to IWA National at St. Ives |
| 10th July | 14th July | Stoke Bruerne to BCLM, Dudley | Daily detail, including appearance on BBC Midland Today |
| 25th Aug | 31st Aug | Dudley to Shackerstone | Two trip reports by: |
| 1st Sept. | 2nd Sept. | In steam at Shackerstone Steam Rally | trip details here |
| 3rd Sept | 7th Sept | Shackerstone to Dudley | |
| 2008 | Location | ||
| 2008 Trip history is here | 2008's future trips are listed here | ||
Last edited:- 06-Aug-2008