Riverside Developments

Riverside Developments Mike Wingfield, our Vice Chairman, has been leading our new Riverside Development Group who have been developing river based ideas.  Progress has been made in conjunction with council flood defence work and we are hoping to work with the council’s contractor to develop riverside flood plain gardens to include boat activity.  This [...]

By |2025-01-12T19:45:04+00:00January 12th, 2025|Media, News, Riverboat|0 Comments

MPs visit the Derby Riverboat

MPs visit the Derby Riverboat The support of our local politicians is vital for the long term success of our project. Just before we closed down the boat service for 2024, we gave our local politicians a free trip. We attracted the MPs for Derby South and Derby North, the leader and deputy leader [...]

By |2024-11-28T20:09:48+00:00November 26th, 2024|News, Riverboat|0 Comments

Riverboat due to start operations from 1st April

Riverboat due to start operations from 1st April In readiness for the new season we have installed a new GPS regulated commentary system. Simon has programmed the system to work out where the riverboat is and control the commentary accordingly. We completed a very pleasant trip upriver to calibrate it and installed a new [...]