Restoration Working Parties
Restoration Working Parties, Details for our Wendover Canal Trust volunteers about out restoration working parties
Category Archives: Restoration
March 2020, concreting between new and old Bridge 4
March was spent concreting between the old and new Bridge 4, preceded by a lot of pumping out. This picture from Steve Bonser shows the formwork in place. Tony’s full report can be found at the link below.
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 […]
CRT Dredging to improve water flow
Good news – the first 4 pictures below show CRT’s dredging of the Wendover Canal on Friday 28/9/2018 near Stablebridge Road, Aston Clinton. This is in the unnavigable but in-water section of the arm, down which the water from Wendover must flow to reach the reservoirs, pump and main line.This appears to be much more […]
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.