According to that delicious comedy actress Victoria Wood, the British are a nation of campers and caravanners (and canal boaters). If this is true there is a treat in store over Easter being sponsored by Guildford and Godalming MM which they are calling a 'Raft-fest'.

Tony Haynes, a Farnborough Friend, lives on a boat and explains how this event comes about.
'We used to help run a boat-trip business but we had a lot of trouble with local youths throwing stones at the boats and vandalising the canal. To combat this we formed a Canal Watch Scheme with the canal authority and the police. But in a Quakerly way we wanted to do more than just police the situation.' So now there is an Easter raft race which everyone with a vessel answering to this description can take part. Eye notes that local army units are helping out with marshals and first-aiders.