107B was at the annual gathering on the Grand Canal this year, various groups gathered at the junction of the Grand Canal main line and the dry Kilbeggan branch, to celebrate two special events. 107B was even presented for the prize for “best dressed boat” Well done crew!”
Read the article from the Tullamore Tribune 01/09/10 (*.pdf)
107B appeared on an Irish Postage Stamp in 1986.
After a refit in Portumna and a trip back up the canal and some delays, 107b is not at Ballycommon, just outside Tullamore for the yearly HBA get together 28th-29th August. Do come and join us.
107B will be then heading back to Belmont, where we will be hosting the Slow Architecture Exhibition and we will be moving along the system from 9th September to Naas for about the October bank holiday weekend.
More to follow…
107b is now in Shannon Harbour, attending the Shannon Harbour Rally. Her 1st event since we had some work done on her in Portumna. Many thanks to all those involved and a job well done too. Don’t know there the next venue is, but keep watching here and we will let you know as soon as possible.
Thanks to all concerned.
I have put a Google Earth (*.kml) file of the 107b trip from Shannon Harbour to Portumna.
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107b is now in Portumna for her fit out, and well she is looking too. The trip on Sunday with 7 crew onboard was a great success, and on the the inside of the hull was painted.
Photos & Video to follow.
After a long hard winter weather wise, 107b is on the move for 2010. We departed the ex-Celtic hire base just outside Tullamore, and a succesful winter it was too with nothing touched on the barge. We departed today and are now at Tullamore. We will be departing Tullamore on Monday about 11am, and we are heading for Portumna, we will also be on the move on Tuesday, and hope to be in Shannon Harbour on Tuesday. As ususl we will be posting photos and videos of the trip. Don’t forget to keep an eye on our location map.
107B has now departed Naas and is on her way to Portumna for a bit of a fit out. We left Lowtown at 9:15am this morning and what a lovely day it is. Photos of todays trip are available HERE 
On Wednesday 21st October 107B left Hazelhatch and headed off for Sallins and Naas. It was a good trip with no canal issues to report, infact the canal was the perfect canal, and some of you may remember that we were towed through the same sections of canal earlier in the year on the way to Tullamore. We arrived at Leinster Mills (2nd Lock Naas) at about 6pm, where we stayed for the night. On Thursday 22nd October we headed up to Naas along with some other boats and barges. Today Saturday (24th Otcober 2009) at 2pm the HBA fleet of barges in moving into Naas Harbour, don’t forget to come and join in the fun for the weekend.
107B as you know is in Hazelhatch, we will be departing Hazelhatch on Wednesday 21st October and heading for Sallins, and hopefully as far as Lock 2 Naas Branch. Where we will wait till Saturday and then move up to Naas with the rest of the barges going to Naas for the weekend 24th – 26th October. For more information on the event see IWAI Kildare Branch. We hope to post coverage of the event as it happend and the trip from Hazelhatch to Naas. We will be departing Naas on Monday 26th October, and heading for Robertstown.