Chairman's Update - Christmas 2023 Work is underway to deal with the aftermath of the flood waters from Storm Babet. Our teams have been working with insurers to clear out the debris from the three flooded cottages and restoration works are now in progress, with hopes to be back in operation in a couple [...]
DSCT - News in May We were pleased that we were able to train up a team of digger and dumper truck drivers ready for future works. Our thanks go to WRG who provided the trainers and to David Savidge for the organisation. We are now ready for the smaller scale projects that we [...]
Riverboat due to start operations from 1st April In readiness for the new season we have installed a new GPS regulated commentary system. Simon has programmed the system to work out where the riverboat is and control the commentary accordingly. We completed a very pleasant trip upriver to calibrate it and installed a new [...]
**shamelessly copied from a recent press release!** Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Ltd are pleased to announce the opening of the new season to the public of its Derby Riverboat trip service on the river Derwent. Following a sell-out service last year the public have been keen to get back on the river and repeated [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; Phew—What a scorcher! We’ve certainly seen the temperatures rise over the last month. I spent the hottest afternoon training volunteer Riverboat drivers. I wasn’t sure whether it was the best place to be in the heat, but [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and showers of summer. I’m sure we are all thinking of holidays and no doubt with the travel challenges at present staying in the UK and particularly on the [...]
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. [...]