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Writer Tom Fort’s programme River of Dreams exploring the history of the River Trent, and descending the River Trent from Stoke on Trent to the Humber Estuary in a paddled and rowed punt, on foot, and on board the Humber sloop Spider T is to be screened on the BBC4 tonight. The programme goes out … Continue reading “Tom Fort explores the River Trent in a punt – and Spider T”
Early morning on the Hartlepool to Blyth leg – photo: Chris Horan Mal Nicholson and the Spider T folks are marketing a DVD documenting the Humber sloop’s remarkable month-long round trip to Arbroath and back in 2011. The aim of the trip was to attend Arbroath Sea Fest, which was organised to celebrate the 200th … Continue reading “DVD and article about Humber sloop Spider T’s trips to Arbroath and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant”
The Humber Keels and Sloops website has a nice photo record of the Humber sloop Spider T’s trip down to the Thames and back for the Jubilee last summer. I gather from owner and restorer Mal Nicholson that a DVD of the Spider T’s earlier trip to Arbroath is now available for a very reasonable … Continue reading “Photos of Spider T’s trip to the Jubilee”