We have had such a successful winter’s restoration that we were running out of materials. We started the May work party early to take several deliveries, then lined the next section of canal right up to the mooring wall next to Bridge 4. We successfully used cheaper wheeled instead of tracked dumpers, though one of […]
We wish to announce that as of April 30th 2019 and following his 87th birthday, Wendover Arm Trust’s Restoration Director Roger Leishman is stepping down from this role. Roger has devoted 24 years to the restoration project, a truly immense contribution.Roger, who joined in 1995, faced a seemingly impossible task, as the canal had been […]
We still haven’t missed a day all winter! (though our volunteers got rather wet Monday and Tuesday). We’re now excavating spoil right up to Bridge 4, for use only a little further down, as shown below (thanks again to Steve Bonser). Roger Leishman’s last Work Party News can also be found below.
We successfully worked all 7 days of the March work party despite regular rain. Steve Bonser’s 3 pictures below were taken on the Sunday. I have also added one of my own from Wednesday – while driving the dumper back to base, I had to persuade 2 ducks out of the tyre-tracks, despite the water […]
I thought it might be too snowy and icy to work at the beginning of February – but we managed it, and here are Steve Bonser’s pictures to show it. The first 3 pictures were taken on Friday 1st Feb, the next 2 on Sunday 3rd by which time it was still slippery and cold […]
For January this was a relatively dry work party. While still sticky under foot, steady progress was made from Whitehouses towards Bridge 4, as can be seen in the pictures below. The first 2 are by Steve Bonser, the last by Tony Bardwell. Last winter this section was deep in rainwater.