Canal Boat — January 2018

66 January 2018 Canal Boat canalboat.co.uk

DIARY

EVENTS

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2 Tues Members’

Annual Boat Trip with

the Forth & Clyde Canal

Society, meeting at

Southbank Marina for a

12:30pm departure.

4 Thurs Illustrated talk

at the London Canal

Museum on Restoring

The Wendover Arm by

Ray Orth of the

Wendover Arm Trust.

Ray will update us on

the considerable

progress that the Trust

has made over the last

couple of years.

Additional visitors’

moorings have been

created on the restored

arm and the towpath

improved. The

Wendover Arm had its

origins as a water

supply feeder for the

Grand Junction Canal.

In later years problems

keeping it watertight led

to its closure as a

navigation. Modern

techniques now offer a

solution to that leakage

problem. Starts at

7:30pm. Adults £5,

child £2.50

6 Sat Out and back

races along the Leeds

& Liverpool Canal,

including marathon, 20

miles, half marathon,

10K and 5K. Racing

starts at 9:15am.

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Until 7 The Little

Christmas Tree at the

Puppet Theatre Barge,

Blomfield Road,

London W9 2PF box

office 020 7249 6876

14 Sunday Join a

growing army of

Conservation

Volunteers in Devon.

Come along, join in and

get some fresh air and

exercise whilst taking

part in some practical

habitat management.

Tasks are varied and all

tools are provided. No

special skills are

needed – just bring

along lunch and

suitable outdoor

clothing. For more

information and to

book onto an event

please contact the

Canal Ranger Service

on 01884 254072 or

email gwcanal@devon.

gov.uk.

17 An illustrated talk by

Councillor Derek Davis

on the ‘railway age’

Cannock Extension

Canal,which formerly

extended to

Hednesford, and its

surrounding waterways.

7.15pm for 7.30 pm at

Martin Heath Hall,

Christchurch Lane (off

Walsall Road), Lichfield,

WS13 8AY

27 Sat Johnson’s

Hillock Open Day: you’ll

be able to explore the

bottom of the damp

and eerie drained lock

and get up close to the

original Georgian brick

work at Whittle-le-

Woods on the Leeds &

Liverpool. You’ll also be

able to learn about the

history of the Leeds &

Liverpool Canal, which

turned 200 years old

last year, and how our

team of experts used

many of the same

techniques to repair the

lock as they did back in

1816.

WALKS

1 Mon New Year’s Day

Walk: Hopwas and the

Coventry Canal. This is

an easy 4 mile walk on

level ground, with three

stiles. Meet at 10:30

for a 10:45am start in

the car park of The Red

Lion, Lichfield Road,

Hopwas, Staffs. B78

3AF. Contact Clive

Walker on 07866

201873 or clive.

walker@waterways.

org.uk

1 Mon Regent’s Canal:

From King’s Cross to

Granary Square to St.

Pancras. Start at King’s

Cross(taxi rank) at

2:30pm. £10. Contact:

Roger Wilkinson

020 3612 9624

7 Sun Regent’s Canal:

From Little Venice to

Camden. Start at

Warwick Avenue at

2:30pm. £10. Contact:

Roger Wilkinson

020 3612 9624

21 Sun Regent’s Canal:

From Islington to

Hoxton. Start at Angel

at 2:30pm. £10.

Contact: Roger

Wilkinson:

020 3612 9624

Wendover restoration

Regent’s canal