On the 'Monty'

THE Shropshire Union Canal Society Hit Squad descended on the hamlet of Maesbury on Wednesday  23rd June to repair some of the very well used mooring rings and to install a new access gate to enable the canoes to be transported to the canal edge by a slightly easier route, Paul Mills writes.

The canoes are loaned to the public in return for a donation by the Friends of the Montgomery and are managed by Ian and Fiona at Canal Central. This one day job had a team of seven working, and all the materials were transported by our member Mike Johnson and his partner Yvonne on their tug Luckie Mucklebackit, seen here well loaded.

The tasks were completed in the day but we did forget that a certain 'football match' clashed with our programmed effort.  Still it did not really bother us. The temperature was very hot and lots of drinks were called for.

The gate was provided by The Friends of the Monty and other materials by BW, with our picture showing the newly installed access gate