Lichfield Branch

Thursday 7th September 2023—Guided Walk

"Carlton and the Ashby Canal." This is an easy 4 ½ mile walk with 0 stiles. The walk follows the towpath, public footpaths, grass tracks and pavements throughout. There is one gentle ascent on a grass track and a steady descent on asphalt pavements. Leaving the pub car park, we first walk through the pretty village of Carlton. We cross fields before climbing gently to Market Bosworth. We descend along the main road down to the canal. We leave the towpath by bridge 44.

We then follow a footpath back to Carlton. Meet 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Thursday 7th September 2023 in the car park of The Gate Hangs Well, Barton Road, Carlton (near Market Bosworth) CV13 0DB

Contact Clive Walker: clive.walker@waterways.org.uk

Autumn Meetings

Our autumn meetings will meet at the changed time of 7:30pm for a 7:45pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY.

Wednesday 20th September—Meeting

Our first meeting of the season will be a talk by the irrepressible Mike Palmer of WRG entitled “Waterways Recovery Group in 2023 are we back to normal”. Most of the activities of the Waterways Recovery Group were halted during the pandemic and it was only relatively recently that a full programme of events has restarted. Mike will give us an update on what has happened recently including 2 Canal Camps in Lichfield.

Saturday/Sunday 23rd/24th September—Huddlesford Festival

After having to postpone the Festival in 2022 due to HS2 related construction works, Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (L&H) are back with the Huddlesford Festival this year. This is held at the junction of the Coventry Canal and the in