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A Russian friend has offered me the opportunity of taking a small group for a two week trip to look at some of Russia's canals. The boat will take 20 people in two-berth cabins with shower and WC. The trip we hope to make is Moscow - Moscow Canal - Volga - Volga-Baltic Canal - Duke of Wurtemberg's Canal (1870s technology with wooden locks) - and then back to the Volga-Baltic Canal and hopefully up to the Baltic-White Sea Canal before returning to Moscow. The trip will last two weeks and the cost will be around £1100 plus air fair to Moscow - usually around £300 if booked in advance. The trip is under the auspices of the Russia Academy of Sciences, and one of Russia's top canal historians will be accompanying the trip. The exact date is yet to be confirmed (say when you can come!), but it will be in June 2003. I am sorry that this is very short notice, but it is an offer which will not be repeated, certainly within the near future. I did try to suggest that 2004 would be better, but my Russian contacts say it is extremely difficult to organize such a trip in Russia so far in advance. If anyone is interested, could they contact me by 14 January so that I can see if there are enough people for the trip to go ahead. Please could you pass this on to anyone you think may be interested. Regards -- Mike Clarke, 41 Fountain St, Accrington, UK, BB5 0QR tel: +44 (0)1254-395848 fax: +44 (0)870 134 5609 http://www.mike.clarke.zen.co.uk/home.htm