{"id":3988,"date":"2020-01-21T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/?page_id=3988"},"modified":"2023-08-03T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:15:53","slug":"press-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/press-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Press &#038; Pr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k5dsubvy-7d3e49bc8c8536ad362f82c41c1c7e21\">\n.avia-section.av-k5dsubvy-7d3e49bc8c8536ad362f82c41c1c7e21{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/canal-holidays.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-k5dsubvy-7d3e49bc8c8536ad362f82c41c1c7e21 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.1;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='page-head'  class='avia-section av-k5dsubvy-7d3e49bc8c8536ad362f82c41c1c7e21 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom  container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_px='320'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:320px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3988'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-shmu-80a3f53f86ad470eacb41c300d268caa\">\n.flex_column.av-shmu-80a3f53f86ad470eacb41c300d268caa{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-shmu-80a3f53f86ad470eacb41c300d268caa av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k5z53hly-5d628f43db0541a531ad076b0e352779\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-k5z53hly-5d628f43db0541a531ad076b0e352779 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k5z53hly-5d628f43db0541a531ad076b0e352779'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span>Drifters<\/span>Press Office<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3988'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2p4qpg-bfe7b7fb567c3fd9cee1dc51f660966e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>The Drifters Press Office<\/strong> is run by <strong>Debbie Walker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the press and media can contact her by telephone on <strong>01628 318069<\/strong> or <strong>077486 40577<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p>or by e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:walker.debbie@sky.com\">walker.debbie@sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drifters runs canal boat holiday press trips for journalists with national newspaper or magazine commissions.\u00a0 These are usually short breaks (three night weekends or four night mid week breaks) on a narrowboat for up to four people.\u00a0 Journalists are usually asked for pay for their fuel, circa \u00a310-15 per day.<\/p>\n<p>Drifters also runs day boat press trips for a wider cross-section of the media.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 35,000 canal boats on our inland waterways, more than at the time of the Industrial Revolution, and each year the canal boat hire industry is worth over \u00a333million to the national economy.<\/p>\n<p>Around 352,000 people go canal boating each year in the UK and around 100,000 holiday boat trips are taken each year.<\/p>\n<p>There are around 1,000 holiday hire boats in the UK and Drifters canal boat hire operators run 550 of those boats.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about narrowboat holidays, see our latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Canal-boat-holiday-facts-figures-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drifters Facts &amp; 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