Received from Mike Since retiring in Jan14 I decided that to ensure I didn’t spend the next few months deciding how to plan to be busy , my mission would be to walk the entire BCN network asap. I commenced on 19 March taking photos of all structures on route and the odd swans nest!! Using National Express and Arriva …
Marathon Challenge – was Noah the winner?
A great time was had by all – despite the weather! If the original Ark had been entered, it had to be in with a good chance of winning, helped by its experience of dealing with rain! I will post the results as soon as I get them, likewise more photos and links. There were all sorts of boats, from …
Many hands make dirty work?
The Society was delighted to be invited to join in the annual BCN Clean-up – with some Grand Union thrown in. This year’s event took place in the Digbeth area and included the Garrison, Ashtead and Camp Hill lock flights. As usual the clean up was also attended by DCT, IWA, WRG, CCT AND CRT. Boats attending were Phoenix, …
Restoration of Titford Canal – 40 years on!
Forty years after a Rally that was held to celebrate the restoration of the Titford Canal around 50 invited guests along with The Mayor of Sandwell Councilor Linda Horton and her consort Councilor Roger Horton and Richard Parry Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust attended an event the BCN Society’s HQ Titford Pump House. Guests started arriving at 10.30am …
Rare Sighting on Dudley No2 Canal
The first weekend of meteorological Spring (honest!) lead to the extremely rare sighting of the Society’s Treasurer in control of a working Power Tool! Despite the exertions of the previous evening in Selly Oak a stalwart band managed to find their way to Hawne Basin to begin the makeover of Phoenix. The expert skills of Arthur, Barry and Bob were backed …
BCN Safe Moorings and Facilities Guide
A project for this year is to update our moorings and facilities guide – in two ways. One of them is to revisit all of the moorings and reassess them, and the second is to add details and photographs of all of them on the website. The pdf file, which is designed to be printed out (ideally on both sides …
2014 has started!
The first meeting of the year was Tony Gregory, with a fascinating talk on the Wolverhampton canals. Next month we have Malcolm Braine. Two outstanding each speakers with an enormous knowledge of the BCN, and an amazing collection of pictures and anecdotes. There are also a lot of events for 2014 in the area around the BCN – look at …
2014 Programme – out now.
Next years programme is out. The monthly meetings start on the 9th of January with Tony Gregory telling us about the Wolverhampton canals over 60 years. (NOTE – this meeting is on the SECOND Thursday, rather than the the usual First Thursday of the month, to keep it clear of the New Year / Christmas goings on) The rest of the …
Bonfire Rally – and the latest news on Atlas
The bonfire rally went well – despite the wind in the late afternoon and early evening (and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one thinking that the marquee was at risk of becoming a large kite!) for the fireworks the weather was as good as we could ask. As usual, our firework providers did us proud. After the rally, Ivor …