2nd May

Running From: - 12:00 PM

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a truly memorable four-hour cruise along the full length of the beautiful Weaver Navigation. This popular journey offers a wonderful mix of historic landmarks, tranquil riverside scenery, and fascinating waterways heritage, making it an ideal afternoon out for both enthusiasts and first-time visitors alike.

Enhance your experience with our souvenir guidebooks, available on board for £5.00, packed with interesting facts and stories about the route.

Easy transport  As there is no public parking at Sutton Weaver, we provide a convenient Park & Ride coach service from Anderton Boat Lift car park (CW9 6FW) - charges apply. The coach departs at 11:15, transporting you directly to the Danny at Sutton Weaver for the 12:00 departure, and ensuring your car is waiting for you at Anderton at the end of the cruise — easy and hassle-free.  Please note that whilst our coaches have space to store a wheelchair, the vehicles themselves are not wheelchair accessible.

Further details about the cruise route and highlights can be found https://www.thedanny.co.uk/map

⚠️ Access note   At Anderton Boat Lift, access to and from the Danny berth is via a steep, step-free path to or from the visitor centre and upper-level car park. This may be challenging for passengers with mobility difficulties.

3rd May

Running From: - 15:30 PM

Set sail on a delightful cruise from our berth just below the iconic Anderton Boat Lift, and enjoy a scenic journey along the River Weaver. We’ll cruise to our turning point at Acton Bridge via Saltersford Lock before gliding back to our starting point at Anderton.

Adding extra sparkle to the journey are Little Words, a fantastic duo from Widnes—Kelly Cresswell and John Bostock. They’ll serenade you with hits spanning the decades, from the 50s to today, featuring favorites from The Beatles, The Kinks, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, David Gray, The Mavericks, Elton John, and so much more!

A little history for our curious cruisers: the Anderton Boat Lift, opened in 1875, was built to transfer narrowboats a whopping 50ft between the River Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal. Nowadays, it mostly welcomes pleasure craft and stands as a scheduled monument and award-winning visitor attraction. While our boat is too big to ride the lift itself, you’ll enjoy fantastic views of this engineering marvel during the cruise. Don’t forget—souvenir guidebooks are available on board for just £5. You can also find more details about the cruise route at https://www.thedanny.co.uk/map

Parking: Available at the Anderton Boat Lift car park (CW9 6FW), with standard charges applying.  Please aim to arrive at the car park by 15:00 and on board by 15:15

⚠️ Access note
Access to the Danny’s berth at Anderton Boat Lift is via a steep, step-free path from the visitor centre and car park, which may be challenging for guests with mobility difficulties

20th May

Running From: - 19:30 PM

Knutsford Little Theatre have kindly donated a performance of John Godber & Jane Thornton's play 'Shakers' where all proceeds are donated to support The Danny Steamship.  Performance time is 19:30 - 22:00

The play tells the story of a typical night in a wine bar (aptly named Shakers) as four waitresses; Carol, Adele, Nicky and Mel struggle through their long shift, serving demanding customers who come and go on their night out.

In a not-so-chic London bar called Shakers, we meet Carol, Adele, Nicky and Mel, four friends who have taken to waitressing in desperation but who also have wit and resilience enough to never let any of the colorful characters they come across escape their satire unscathed. In theatrically heightened moments, the women play the roles of men and women alike, covering not only their nights at Shakers but also the lives of four other working women in London.  Always at the source of their satire are the men who take them for granted or, worse, abuse them. Against this backdrop of postmodern London life are kaleidoscopic scenes of hilarity and depravity. In intertwining plot threads we follow the waitresses as they confront a possible new owner for the bar and at the same time we follow four shopgirls getting ready for a night on the town. Tart-tongued and irreverent, the lives of all of these women are put in painful perspective by the doubling of their roles which draws attention to the economic and social prejudices affecting all women, not just the fighters we meet at Shakers.

Four struggling waitresses try to have a go of it against their customers, bosses and dates alike, using humor, role playing and all out rage to ward off the hopelessness that was Thatcher’s London.

More information can be found here Shakers (Re-Stirred) - Knutsford Little Theatre