Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; We’re getting into holiday season now and I’m pleased to relate that I’m typing this on my shareboat as we cruise the Ashby. It’s a good reminder of what we are all working for as our emphasis [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; It may be a challenge to the body clocks when the clocks go forward at the end of March, but it shows that summer is coming and the evenings are getting longer. As I write this the [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; March is an important month for our working parties. It’s the month when bramble and tree clearance needs to come to a halt to avoid disturbance to nesting wildlife. There’s always a push to get the list [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; Here we are again in a new year with hopes and prayers that it must be better than last year. As I write this it appears that spring is early with sunshine and temperatures over the norm. [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; I hope everyone is in festive mood and ready for some good family time. Let’s hope Omicron doesn’t get in the way and that you are all safely immunity boosted. We still have the same old projects [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; No doubt about the headlines this month. We now have a riverboat in the Derwent. I’m also pleased to relate that despite this major challenge we have kept up the ongoing work on [...]
'Outram' outing at Shardlow Inland Port Festival While we wait to get 'Outram' on the Derwent in Derby, we found out that Shardlow was having a water festival on the 11th & 12th September 2021. This looked like a great opportunity for us to have a few trial runs with the boat with passengers. [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; As always it has been a busy month, as evidenced by the late arrival of this update. Sorry. The main feature of the month has been the increased number of people that have answered the call as [...]
IWA/WRG visit to the Derby Canal in August 2021 Planning & Covid-19 In 2018 & 2019, we were successful in being able to secure a Canal Camp from the Inland Waterways Association / Waterways Recovery Group (IWA/WRG) to visit the Borrowash Bottom (Shacklecross) Lock to help rebuild the lock chamber, which was damaged during [...]
Canal Cottage Tours On the Saturday 28th August 2021, at 11 am to 3pm, come and join a free guided tour of the canal cottages. These tours will align with the Scarecrow Festival being held at Draycott on that weekend. The cottages are located along Hopwell Road, Draycott DE72 3PE. The tours will be held [...]