Category Archives: Work Party

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 […]

February 7-9 The winter programme of environmental works is complete. During this time, 170 metres of channel has been cleared of scrub, 720 hedging whips have been planted, a further 74 metres of hedge has […]

November 1-3 This work party saw the completion of all channel and towpath deliverables for the original scope of the Rural Prosperity Fund grant – five months ahead of schedule! Given the torrential rain and […]

October 4-6 In what promised to be a full-on work party with a tense finish, we crossed the line with hours to spare. The challenge? To complete all the channel works and construct a temporary […]

September 6-8 Two out of three’s not bad. Benign weather on Friday and Saturday helped enormously but Sunday was soggy. The top priority now is to complete channel works in Phase 1A before this area […]

August 16-18 In what feels like ‘the end of an era’, we say goodbye to John and Paul the wallers. Work to repair the former tramway wharf wall is now complete. Starting in April last […]

July 26-28 Job Done! The second work party in July saw the towpath finished and lining and blocking completed in Phase 1B. This report covers the second work party in July including the days leading […]

June 21-23 and July 5-7 The first work party in July was aided by another large group of corporate volunteers (guess who!). This report covers two work parties as some additions have been made to […]