66 February 2018 Canal Boat canalboat.co.uk
FEBRUARY DIARY
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3-4 Meaford Lock 31
Open Weekend. Meet
experts at this busy
four-lock flight and get
beneath the water line
on the Trent & Mersey
Canal at Stone.
Leeds Open Weekend
on the Aire & Calder
from 10am to 4pm on
both days at Leeds
Docks, right outside the
Royal Armouries. From
10am to 4pm on both
days.
10-11 Foxton Locks
Open Weekend Lock
8-16 on the Leicester
line of the Grand Union
Canal. See Foxton
Locks as you have
never seen them
before, without water.
13 IWA Middlesex
branch: Preparing your
boat for summer
cruising with speaker
Tony Brooks at the
Hillingdon Canal Club,
Uxbridge
17-18 St Pancras
Cruising Club’s St
Valentine’s Cruise to
local moorings and
hostelry.
21 Kent & East Sussex
Branch Annual General
Meeting. St. Nicholas’s
Church Hall (Small
Hall), Poplar Grove,
Maidstone, ME16 0DE.
7.30 for 8pm
24-25 River Canal
Rescue boat and
engine maintenance
course at the Baswich
head office. A two-day
weekend boat & engine
maintenance course
costs £120 and is run
by RCR engineers Jay
Forman, Kerry Horton
and Dave Bull on a
rotational basis. The
boat electrics course is
£150 and run by
electrical specialist
Howard Williams27 Derby & Sandicare
Canal Society will host
Railway Images Around
Long Eaton and East
Midlands with Richard
Binding at The Wilmot
Alms, Borrowash from
7:30pm Members £2,
non-members £3.WORK PARTIES
14, 24 and 28 IWA
Peterborough Branch- Work parties clearing
vegetation on
Horseways Channel
and carrying out
maintenance of
Horseways Lock.
10.00am – 3.00pm.
Access is via, and by
permission of, Allpress
Farms, Byall Fen Drove
(B1093), PE16 6XQ.
Contact David Venn:
david.venn@
waterways.org.uk or
01366 324 102.
7, 10, 14, 21 and
28 - IWA Ipswich
Branch supporting
River Gipping Trust
Pipps Ford (Needham
Market, Ipswich,
Suffolk IP6 8LJ) or
Baylham Mill Lock (Mill
Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
IP6 8LG), River
Gipping. Meet at 9am
to continue clearing
storm damage to Pipps
Ford or carry out
maintenance at
Baylham Mill Lock,
finish at 3.30/4.00pm.
For Pipps Ford, please
park near the house
and walk down to thework site. There is
plenty of parking at
Baylham Mill Lock.
Contact Martin Bird:
restoration@
rivergippingtrust.org.uk
or 01394 380765.3 & 27- IWA North
Staffordshire & South
Cheshire Branch
supporting the Burslem
Port Trust – twice
monthly work party on
the Burslem Arm, Stoke
on Trent. 10am to
3pm. Meet at Luke St,
Middleport, Stoke on
Trent, ST6 3LY.
Contact Steve Wood:
steve.wood@
waterways.org.uk or
07976 805858.4 and 20 – IWA
Northampton Branch- Join IWA
Northampton Branch at
its fortnightly work
party.Contact Geoff
Wood: geoff.wood@
waterways.org.uk.
8 – IWA North
Staffordshire & South
Cheshire Branch and
the Caldon & Uttoxeter
Canals Trust – Monthly
work party on the
Uttoxeter Canal. 10am
to 3pm. Bridge 70,
Crumpwood. No
parking available at site
so meet at 9.30am at
Denstone Village Hall,
College Rd, Denstone,
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
ST14 5HR for a lift, or
meet on site at Bridge
70 at 10am having
made your own way on
foot. Contact Steve
Wood at steve.wood@
waterways.org.uk or
07976 805858.11 – IWA Lincolnshire
Branch supporting
Sleaford Navigation
Trust – Join IWALincolnshire Branch
supporting Sleaford
Navigation Trust work
parties on the second
Sunday of the month.
Volunteers carry out a
variety of tasks to
maintain the navigable
section of the Sleaford
Navigation at these
work parties. Dates are
subject to change so
check the Trust’s
Facebook page (www.
facebook.com/Sleaford-
Navigation-
Trust-632143133547859),
email workparties@
sleafordnavigation.
co.uk or phone Chris or
Steve Hayes (01522
689460) to confirm date
and location.15 – IWA North
Staffordshire & South
Cheshire Branch and
Trent & Mersey Canal
Society – 10am to 3pm.
Monthly work party on
the Cheshire Locks,
Trent & Mersey Canal.
Meet at Church Locks
47 & 48 adjacent to All
Saints Church Lawton
meeting at 10-00am.
Post code is ST7 3DD.
This work party is held
in partnership with the
Trent & Mersey Canal
Society. For more
information contact
John Brighouse:
john.brighouse@
waterways.org.uk or
0780 887317.17 – IWA Manchester
Branch – 10am to 4pm.
Monthly work party – at
a venue to be
confirmed in Greater
Manchester. Tasks will
include vegetation
clearance, litter picking,
painting and pulling
rubbish out of the
canal. For more
information contact:
secretary@manchester-iwa.co.uk or 07710
554602.20 and 27 - IWA
Oxfordshire Branch
supporting Banbury
Canal Partnership- Meet at 9am, work
until approx. 1pm.
Tasks to be confirmed.
All tools will be
provided, please wear
old clothes and stout
shoes and take
waterproofs in case of
rain. For more details
please contact Colin
Garnham-Edge:
bcpontheoxford@gmail.
com.
24 – IWA Chester &
Merseyside Branch –
10am to 4pm. Monthly
work party in the
Chester area working at
various locations
alongside the
Shropshire Union
Canal. Work will
include painting and
vegetation clearance.
Please wear stout
shoes and old clothes
and bring waterproofs
and a packed lunch if
staying all day. For
further details contact
Jason Watts: jason.
watts@canalrivertrust.
org.uk.WALKS
4 The Olympics, Three
Mills - Bow Back Rivers
and Bromley by Bow
starting at 2:30pm.
Contact Roger
Wilkinson 020 3612- £10
18 Limehouse, Thames,
Docklands and
Westferry (DLR)(by
Cycle Hire Point)
starting at 2:30pm.
Contact Roger
Wilkinson 020 3612- £10.