December WRG work parties
Monday 2nd and Wednesday 4th December—IWA Warwickshire Branch supporting Canal & River Trust Towpath Taskforce—Hatton, Grand Union Canal. Tasks include lock painting, litter picking, veg clearance and path work. Meet at CaRT maintenance yard, Hatton Locks, Birmingham Road, Warwick CV35 7JL. 10am to approx. 3pm. Further information from:
Saturday 7th December—IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch—Monthly work party on the Dee Branch in Chester. 10am to 4pm. Meet at Telford's Warehouse car park, Chester, CH1 4EZ. Work will include painting, weeding, litter-picking. Contact Mike Carter on 07795 617803 or:
Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December—IWA Chelmsford Branch—work party on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in conjunction with Essex WRG. 9.15 to 4pm both days. The work will be along the towpath of the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation below Wave Bridge, Heybridge (opposite the large former Bentall's warehouse). Work will include removing rubbish and dead wood and grading the area beyond the tow path ready for seeding and tree planting. Accommodation will be available on the Haybay barge at Heybridge Basin for Friday and Saturday night. Please inform John Gale (01376 334896) or Roy Chandler (01245 223732.
Sunday 8th December—IWA Northampton Branch—monthly work party on the Northampton Arm. Location to be confirmed. Please wear stout shoes and old clothes and bring waterproofs and a packed lunch if staying all day. For more details contact:
Sunday 8th December—IWA North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Branch and the Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust—monthly work party on the Caldon Canal. 10am to 3pm. Hedge planting at Willow Cottage, near Cheddleton, Caldon Canal. Please wear stout shoes and old clothes and bring waterproofs and a packed lunch if staying all day:
Contact Bob Luscombe on 07710 054848 or email:
Tuesday 17th December—IWA North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Branch and Trent & Mersey Canal Society—Monthly work party on the Cheshire Locks, Trent & Mersey Canal. 10am to 4pm. Painting and vegetation clearance, location to be confirmed. Please wear stout shoes and old clothes and bring waterproofs and a packed lunch if staying all day. Contact Bob Luscombe on 07710 054848 or email:
Thursday 19th December and Saturday 21st December—IWA Warwickshire Branch—Kingswood Junction, Lapworth—Tasks include lock painting, litter picking, veg clearance and path work. Meet at Canal & River Trust maintenance yard, Brome Hall Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 5RB. 10am to approx. 3pm. Further information from: