On a stunningly successful work party in November, 12 volunteers filled Crowe and Phoenix from only three bridge holes. The job was far from finished – so they had another go. (Due to a communications glitch – this was originally posted as a workparty on Jan 19th – there is not one then) e.
Progress restoring the Dudley No 2
In 2016 Lapal Canal Trust made some big strides towards restoring the Dudley No 2 canal. There was substantial excavation of Harborne Wharf by Careys, a WRG work camp to restore the canal wall. (There is another WRG camp starting on 29 July – see the Diary or the WRG website.) The ground was laser scanned, so that they can take sections to help …
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 …