Author Archive: Richard F

June 2025 work party report

June 6-8 Mind the gap – it’s getting smaller. The June work party was preceded by three days pumping out the rewatered section of Phase 1B. This was necessary in order to allow removal of […]

May 2025 work party report

May 2-4 Another highly productive work party. Helped by the prolonged dry and sunny spell, profiling, lining and blocking continued to be the main event but, as usual, a variety of other tasks were undertaken. […]

March 2025 work party report

March 7-9 Following the harsh weather conditions endured over the last three work parties, this time we were blessed by warm, spring sunshine. Ideal for lining and blocking. Friday started with a visit from Jason […]

January 2025 work party report

January 10-12 With temperatures down to -7oC overnight, ‘bonfire management’ was a popular activity. Severe cold weather in the days before and during this work party resulted in frozen ground, frozen channel and plenty of […]

Society donation of artefacts to Oswestry Town Museum

During restoration of the Montgomery Canal near Crickheath, the Society found many artefacts include glassware, ceramics and metalwork from both boats and the tramway at Crickheath Wharf. These artefacts have recently been donated to Oswestry […]

The Enhancement Group in 2024

Our Ellesmere-based enhancement group, now in its second year, has racked up over 300 hours of volunteer effort on the Llangollen Canal during 2024. A wide variety of light maintenance and improvement activities have been […]

December 2024 work party report

December 6-8 Defined by Darragh. Whilst spared the very worst of Storm Darragh endured by other parts of the country, we still suffered a washout on Saturday. One hour of hedge planting was sufficient to […]

Northern Canal Association Meeting

The Northern Canal Association’s (NCA) Autumn meeting for 2024 was hosted by the Society and took place in Llanymynech village hall. Headed ‘The Montgomery Canal, Bridging the Gap – Past, Present and Future’, the event […]