Wendover Canal Family Volunteering Day
Come along and bring your family on Mon Aug 23rd, as we help restore the historical Wendover Canal…
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Plant Britain, by Wendover Canal
420 trees had been organised from the Woodland Trust. We have replaced dead trees and scrubland with native varieties.
Going ahead: Team needed to tackle Tring’s trees
Woodland Trust donated 420 native whips to be planted at the CRT triangle of land adjacent to the winding hole at Little Tring. The planting which was delayed by the second lockdown has been rearranged for Thursday 17th and Friday 18th December, contact jenny@johnbrice.co.uk if you can help.
Ecological Surveying Workshop
Date: Wednesday 16th September 10.00am – 3.30pmThis free training will focus on principles of ecological surveying, environmental appraisals, legislation and protected species. The afternoon will include a visit where we will conduct a site walkover survey along the Wendover Canal to put the morning’s learning into practice. Course limited to 8 people. The workshop will be run […]
Events programme published
Our 2020 events programme has been published. For details, Click Here
October 2019 Family Camp
Thirteen children and guardians arrived on Friday 25th evening at Green Park with the purpose of beautifying the new parkland alongside Whitehouses. Next morning the weather was not looking good, but the planting of the 2000 snowdrop bulbs started. The bonfire was lit to consume the branches left from the recent adult work party.Sunday proved […]
Restoration Open Day, Sunday September 2nd 2018
A glorious day – great to have Chiltern Canoe Club (plus dogs !) paddle boarding. We are grateful to Councillor Penny Hearn, Mayor of Tring who joined us for the afternoon and drew what has turned out be our last Grand Draw (see separate post).
May 2018: Publicity and Restoration in the sunshine
What a transformation since the snow! While our Work Party has been restoring order to the mud left behind by winter, our Publicity was at the IWA Cavalcade at Little Venice, Paddington, London.
CRT 2 Arms on 2 Legs Half Marathon
Wendover Arm Trust manned water points at Marsworth and Drayton Beauchamp for this highly successful event – a Half Marathon up the Aylesbury Arm & down the Wendover Canal (“Arm”) to Wendover – plus a 10k run ending at Marsworth. We’d welcome any volunteers to run another one.