THERE’S A new way to get around Reading – and it couldn’t be more graceful.
Matilda Too is a barge currently being pressed into service on the Kennet and Avon Canal, offering trips along the waterside.
Organisers from the Kennet and Avon Trust say it is an opportunity for people to experience views of the Reading that they wouldn’t normally see, as well as discovering the role the river and canal has played in the town’s history.
The trust is running the 45-minute trips hourly between noon and 3pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this month, and then the same times during September.
It asks people to be ready to board five to 10 minutes ahead of departure time.
Places can be booked in advance, but if there is space on the day the skipper will let people on.
It departs from Star Lane Wharf, which is next to the Queen’s Road car park and close to the footbridge crossing the river.
For more details, or to book, call 07947 279704 or log on to: matilda.katrust.org.uk
