We’re only a few days away from this year’s Edinburgh Canal Festival which takes place on Saturday 21st June 2025 … the Festival will stretch along the canal-side, from near Lochrin Basin, all the way to our own location at Ashley Terrace.
Our usual information, cake and hot drinks stalls will be set up on the towpath, opposite the Boathouse, and, additionally, we’ll be hiring out our three, refurbished rowing-boats which have proved very popular this season, since we re-launched them back in late-April. Further details about hiring our boats (on our regular Sunday-sessions) can be found here.
On Canal Festival day itself (Saturday 21st), we’ll have a total of 15 hire slots: 3 per hour at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. All bookings will be done on a first come, first served basis. Why not come along and enjoy the area from what will be for many a new perspective, or for some may offer a chance to re-live an earlier experience of rowing on the canal many years ago?
We’ll also be holding a raffle, helping to raise further funds for the Society, with some great prizes on offer.
We look forward to meeting friends old and new on the day. Hope you’ll pop by and say hello!
To mark the start of the 2025 Rowing Boat Season, the Edinburgh Union Canal Society (EUCS) will be hosting a ‘launch event’ on Sunday 27th April when our three traditional rowing-boats will be available for hire 🙂
On the launch day, EUCS will also have “Information Tents/Stalls/Tea/Coffee/Cake & a Raffle (with great prizes!)“; all on the towpath, opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse; and additionally, we’ll also be hiring out our three rowing-boats!
Some further details, including some requests for help, follow below:
We’ll be operational, opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse, between 12noon and 5pm … so please do come along on the day, if you can – as you’ll be able to find out more about our ongoing work and also sample some marvelous homemade cakes! Additionally, we’ll be holding a raffle with great prizes on offer, all helping to raise further funds for the Society!
Volunteers (and any home-baking) are also needed across the day – and any help between 10.30am through to 5.30pm on Sunday 27th April; even if for half-an-hour, would be great:
so; for Sunday 27th April 2025
10.30am onwards; we’ll be on-site (opposite the Boathouse), setting up the tent/s – CAN YOU HELP, even if for half-an-hour? … we have new (easier to erect) gazebos, but any help would still be much appreciated!
12noon; the stalls (within the tent/s) will be open – there will be information about EUCS; and a fundraising raffle will be taking place!
we’ll also be selling (very cheaply!) tea/coffee/cakes etc. – & COULD YOU HELP by providing any home-baking, even a small amount would assist (either bring it on the Sunday and/or pop it into 63/4 Slateford Road on the day before; Saturday 26th April)
and as mentioned, our three newly refurbished rowing-boats will also be ‘for hire’ at 12noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm; so we’ll need some helpers to Staff that process – all relevant instructions will be provided!
and at around 4.30pm on the Sunday we’ll be packing-up and taking down the tent/s etc.: again, any assistance with these tasks would be very welcome … it really is a great help just having one or two extra pairs of hands when getting the tents down 🙂
IMPORTANTLY – we’ll also be bagging-up all the homemade cakes from 6.30pm the night before, on Saturday 26th April 2025, at 63/4 Slateford Road … again, any help with this task would be much appreciated … please do just call round 🙂
A chance to meet up, in an informal atmosphere, with other EUCS-members, and some of the organisations from along the canal and everyone else who does such a variety of great work along the canal in Edinburgh (and further).
Come along to find out about – Volunteering opportunities; like helping out with our rowing boats – The latest news from EUCS; and any other organisations present
