Pershore greyhounds recreational dragon boat group, assembled for their weekly paddle fortified with a mince pie and a glass of port.

The group is at present putting together a crew to travel to Venice and take part in the festival of Pentecost. Their will be at least a 1000 craft including dragon boats paddling the Vogalonga, progressing down the grand canal and out into the lagoon around Murano Island.

A dragon boat is hired from Venice Canoe Kayak Club.There are still a couple of seats left in our boat, so anyone who would like to join us is more than welcome .

The event takes place on May 24 so we are planning a four day trip. If the idea of taking part in this fantastic and colourful historic event details can be obtained from keithburton42@gmail.com or phone Keith 356628 .