Category Archives: Work Party

October 7-9 and 21-23 Six days of concerted effort resulted in the removal of the clay dam at Crickheath; the lining and blocking of the remaining section of channel; infill of the remaining land drain […]

Work party volunteer Howard Dalton kindly took some drone footage of the section of the Montgomery Canal that is currently being restored. The photos and video illustrate the fantastic progress that has been over the […]

September 2-4, September 16-18 and September 26-October 1 There is a lot to report this month. The volunteer effort extended over thirteen working days split between three work parties. The two regular three-day weekend events […]

August 5-7 and 19-21 In a month in which all sorts of temperature records were broken, the society volunteers were fortunate to be on site on what turned out to be two of the cooler […]

July 8-10 and 22-24 The two work parties this month were graced by the extremes of Shropshire weather but were nevertheless highly productive. Lining operations pressed on remorselessly in the general direction of Crickheath; work started […]

June 3-5 and 17-19 Volunteer effort during June focused on two main tasks. Lining and blocking operations really got into gear with a new record to report. Also the shaping of the last 50m of […]

May 6-8 and 20-22 The big news this month is that lining/blocking has started in the Phase 2 channel and that the channel is final shaped all the way from the end of Phase 1 […]

The two big challenges on the restoration this year were always going to be disposal of accumulated water around the site and forming and shaping earthworks in potentially soggy ground. Thus at the start of […]