The BBC’s Quentin Rayner arrives at Borrowash WRG Work Camp along with Friends of Cromford Canal

Today sees 45 to 50 volunteers onsite at Borrowash, In addition to the Waterways Recovery Group Volunteers, the Trust's regular Wednesday morning work party we are pleased to welcome a team of about 15 from the Friends of Cromford Canal. In addition to replacing the large stone blocks work continues on rebuilding the wing wall [...]

By |2018-07-25T15:20:55+01:00July 25th, 2018|Breaking News, News, Working Party|0 Comments

Waterways Recovery Group have arrived

Waterways Recovery Group arrived on Saturday 21st July and started work in earnest at Borrowash on the Sunday morning. Great progress has already been made by the team of some 19 volunteers. A mobile spider crane arrived on Monday to lift large stone blocks, some weighing up to 2.5 ton. Over the week we anticipate [...]

By |2018-07-23T19:33:47+01:00July 23rd, 2018|Uncategorised|0 Comments

CrowdFunder Success! – Now can we reach our Stretch Target?

What a fantastic effort! As of 12th July we've raised just over £4,000 for support the restoration of Borrowash Bottom Lock during our IWA WRG visit in July, which is a fantastic effort by all involved. We can't thank you all enough for your generosity; all of the donations will go towards [...]

By |2018-07-13T17:42:04+01:00July 12th, 2018|Events & Fundraising|0 Comments