A BCNS Work Party is scheduled for Saturday the 11th May 2024. The planned work will involve clearances at the Tividale Aqueduct, Tunnel Entrance and Toll Stop site. Workboats will leave Titford Pumphouse at around 9:00 am and return mid afternoon. The Work Party organisers, Mike Rolfe and Michael Smith-Keary would welcome any new recruits. If you wish to attend ...
Weds 15th, Meet and greet, food and drinks at the Great Western, Thurs 16th, head out to Cannock Extension arm mooring before CTS, Toby Carvery. 15 miles, 7 hrs, 0 locks. Fri 17th longwood rally, AGM and Quiz TBC. (Passing through Brownhills a big tesco on the canal for supplies and a service point) 10 miles, 5 hrs, 0 locks. ...
The BCNS and Longwood Boat Club Rally is to be held at the Top Lock of the Rushall Flight over the weekend of Friday 17th May—Sunday 19th May 2024 The BCNS Annual General Meeting will take on Friday 17th May at 7:30pm and after the AGM there will be a quiz organised for all to take part in. There will ...
The 2024 AGM of the BCNS will be held as part of the BCNS and Longwood Boat Club Rally. It will be held on Friday 17th May at 7pm at Killock Scout Building, Longwood Lane, Aldridge WS4 2JT. Longwood General views
The BCN 24 Hour Marathon Challenge for 2024 takes place on the weekend of the 25th and 26th May 2024. This year's finish will be at Hawne Basin, Halesowen. The organiser is Jonathan Pegg and the email for this event is bcnschallenge@gmail.com Application form and Further information and Rules are set out below. BCNS 24 Hour Challenge Entry Form 2024 ...
A BCNS Work Party is scheduled for Saturday the 8th June 2024. The planned work will involve clearances around the Titford Pumphouse site The Work Party organisers, Mike Rolfe and Michael Smith-Keary would welcome any new recruits. If you wish to attend please email Mike Rolfe at mikerolfe63@hotmail.co.uk Please note that the site venue might change depending on the circumstances ...
Friday 14th - top of Wolverhampton locks, meet and greet, then Great Western pub. Saturday 15th - Cannock Extension Arm, The Toby Carvery pub A5. Sunday 16th - Longwood Club House, Fish & Chip Supper & raffle Monday 17th - Walsall Basin - free night in town. Tuesday 18th - Up locks to Nickelodeon, talk by local Councillor Bateman Wednesday ...
Bradley Canal Restoration Society in partnership with Canal and River Trust will hold this one-day event on Saturday 15th June 2024, at Bradley Workshops. More details can be found on the Facebook pages of the Bradley Canal Restoration Society.
A BCNS Work Party is scheduled for Saturday the 13th July 2024. The planned work will involve clearances around the Titford Pumphouse site and the Oldbury Locks Offside Pounds The Work Party organisers, Mike Rolfe and Michael Smith-Keary would welcome any new recruits. If you wish to attend please email Mike Rolfe at mikerolfe63@hotmail.co.uk Please note that the site venue ...
The Gnosall Towpath Restoration Group in association with Gnosall Parish Council will be holding a three-day festival on the Shropshire Union Canal. More details can be found on the website - http://www.gnosallcanalfestival.co.uk
The annual Wednesfield Canal Festival will this year be held on the weekend of the 10 & 11 August 2024. Further details can be found on the Festival's Facebook pages - Wednesfield Canal Festival
A BCNS Work Party is scheduled for Saturday the 10th August 2024. The planned work for this Work Party is still to be determined and will be advised in due course The Work Party organisers, Mike Rolfe and Michael Smith-Keary would welcome any new recruits. If you wish to attend please email Mike Rolfe at mikerolfe63@hotmail.co.uk Please note that the ...
The Brownhills Canal Festival is held annually on the third weekend of August. The event is organised by the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust. The 2024 event is to be held on the 17th / 18th August.
Following a successful 2023 Rally the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society are hosting a rally below Bratch Locks on 31 August and 1st September 2024. Further details will be available on their website - www.swcanalsociety.co.uk and on their Facebook Group - Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society
A talk to be presented by David Jones
A free-to-attend boaters gathering is planned by the Withymoor Island Moorings site. To be held between Friday the 6th of September and Sunday the 8th of September 2024. Real ales, food and Entertainment will be available on Friday and Saturday. The event takes place one week before the Black Country Boating Festival. Boaters who will be supporting that Festival can ...
The BCBF is an annual boating and community festival held on the Dudley No2 Canal at Bumblehole Local Nature Reserve. The festival is open on Friday evening 6 pm to 10 pm and on Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. A website - www.bcbf.com for the event is currently being updated and there is a Facebook Group - ...
A BCNS Work Party is scheduled for Saturday the 14th September 2024. The planned work will involve a clean-up around the Tipton Canal Festival site in advance of that Festival Workboats will leave Titford Pumphouse at around 9:00 am and return mid-afternoon. The Work Party organisers, Mike Rolfe and Michael Smith-Keary would welcome any new recruits. If you wish to ...
A welcome return for this popular event, scheduled for the 21 & 22 September 2024. Further details can be found on a Facebook Group created specially for this year's event - Tipton Canal & Community Festival - 21st/22nd September 2024
A talk to be presented by Paul Niblett
