I haven’t any worthwhile pictures of the rally itself – however Brownhills Bob and Captain Ahab certainly have. The links take you to their blogs.
Pelsall Canal Festival – preparations
Many thanks to those who worked so hard to make the rally a success. Malcolm and a friend decided (quite rightly) that the bridge at the site was looking a bit dowdy – but rather than simply grumbling, they got out their wire brushes and paint and freshened it up.
Pelsall Canal Festival – the beer arrives!
Paul and Craig from the Old Swan at Netherton – crucial contributors to the success of the rally. Not only did they deliver the beer to the original plan on Thursday, so that it was settled and ready for Saturday, when a problem developed with the beer (it kept disappearing – at a staggering rate) they provided a second batch …
Pelsall – a great success
Pelsall this year was an outstanding success. While the weather made its gesture (30 seconds after the opening at 12:00 on Saturday, the heavens opened up) – but though heavy while it lasted, it didn’t last for long. After a few subsequent minor attempts at a little rain, the weather stayed gorgeous for the rest of the weekend. I believe …
Muskrat – the tail (?) of a Challenge
(Posted as a comment by John of Muskrat, and converted in to a post by the webslave) We add our congratulations to Richard and his crew on Tawny Owl, a fine competitor for the past three challenges and a worthy winner this time. And congratulations too to all the other competitors and to the organisers and helpers at Longwood. …
Questions on the BCNS Challenge
In addition to how many locks and miles can you cover in 24 hours, there are a series of questions to answer, with additional points gained for correct answers. The questions did not all carry the same points. For those (like me!) who did not get all of the questions that I tried, here are the questions and answers. Birmingham …
BCN Marathon Challenge results
Hot off the press, here are the Marathon Challenge results. Congratulations to Richard and his team on Tawny Owl for an outstanding result! 1 Richard Powell on Tawny Owl with 635.2 points 2 Tom Murkin on Diesel And Dust with 609.8 points 3 Sarah Edgson on Canis Major with 554.6 points 4 John Mosley on Firefly with 513 points 5 …
Preparations for Pelsall Rally
Dredging team heading up the Curley Wyrley to Pelsall, to do some spot dredging around the site of the canal festival. This will certainly make moorings easier for deep drafted boats. Many thanks to Dean Davies (local C&RT Manager) for arranging this.
Changes to the BCN Society website
We have revised our website, to retain the strengths of the diary based site www.bcnsociety.co.uk, but to allow more flexibility for news pages – hence you will actually flick between two sites. All of the posts prior to this one are items taken from the “news” section of the older part of the site. Posts from after this will be current …
“Headwaters” – a book by BCNS member Phil Clayton
To cross that same river again, knowing you have seen it at source, is like sharing a secret with an old friend.” BCN Society Vice-President, giver of talks and burger bar gopher, Phil Clayton, has written a book chronicling visits to the sources of more than 50 rivers in Great Britain. Headwaters describes a series of walks ranging from long treks …