Anglia Cuttings No. 119

ANGLIAN CUTTINGS

SUMMER ON THE RIVER STOUR

Ipswich Branch Newsletter Summer 2011 No. 119 The IWA may not agree with the opinions expressed in this publication. They are, however, published as a matter of interest to our members and readers.

Nothing printed can be construed as policy or an official announcement unless stated.

The IWA accepts no liability for any matter in this publication.

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IWA IPSWICH BRANCH YOUR COMMITTEE Chairman Chard Wadley chairman.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Secretary & Anglia Cuttings Editor Charles Stride secretary.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk editor.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Treasurer Spencer Greystrong treasurer.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Membership Clive Saville membership.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Publicity Brian Holt pro.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Social Secretary Diana Holt socialsec.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk River Gipping Trust Lewis Tyler RGTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk River Stour Trust Sue Brown

RSTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Pickerel Project Brian Cornell

pickerelrep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Officer Gerry Crease officer01.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

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EDITOR’S PONDERINGS

C H STRIDE

As I write this it is actually raining! And we are just about to set off to visit an Exotic Garden Centre! But we do need it here in East Anglia so we must not complain as, apart from one day last week, this is almost the first rain since March.

Despite the dry weather and the concerns of the farmers we keep being told that there will be no hosepipe bans and even BW are being relatively up-beat regarding the canals, apart from one or two of the usual areas—see below. We were out on ‗Black Swan‘ at the beginning of May and the usually shallow Ashby Canal was at least another four inches down which did not help on a windy Bank Holiday Monday as we seem to meet boats on every bend, which meant that one or other of us went aground! But we still had a good week‘s boating. If you have not visited the Battle of Bosworth Museum recently, easily reached from the canal, then following a recent Lottery Grant, it is well worth it. They have even moved the battlefield!!

on our local waterways and the Diary Page, in addition to the advance notice of our winter meetings, lists various activities that are taking place during the summer. In particular can I draw your attention to the River Deben cruise taking place in September, which is being arranged by The River Gipping and River Stour Trusts and is open to IWA Members (See Page 14). Why not come and join them?

Nationally, the discussions continue on DEFRA‘s consultation on the new Waterways Charity and our Region Chairman comments on page 5. There are a number of differing views and if you want to have your say then full details are available on the IWA web site.

Here‘s hoping for a continuing sunny, but less windy, summer but with enough rain at night to keep us afloat!

Charles

This edition brings you the usual updates

Water resources update March and April this year have been the second driest in 100 years, and exceptionally high numbers of boaters have taken to the water. Despite this, water resources are holding up well across most of the country.

BW‘s group hydrology manager, Adam Comerford said: ―Once again we are experiencing unusually hot and dry weather conditions for this time of year. This, coupled with the long Bank Holidays weekends, has meant our waterways have experienced huge numbers of boaters moving around the network.

While this is extremely positive and great news for the nations‘ canals there are a small number of areas where we are watching water supply with some caution.‖ Continued Page 5 3

CHAIRMAN’S JOTTINGS I am writing my report for this edition from nb ‘Bruizer’ whilst cruising on the Kennet and Avon Canal. We are travelling in company with John and Joan Finch on nb ‘Fringilla’ Our journey has taken us from Brinklow on the Oxford Canal, then on to the River Thames before finally joining the K&A at reading. The canal is rural and very scenic, passing hidden villages and through interesting towns.

Unfortunately the canal itself is not well maintained, especially between Reading and Devizes. The locks are hard work and in need of repair, the moorings are few and far in between and some are not in a good state. The banks are eroding away in places and reeds encroach on the canal making it narrow; sometimes I expected to see the ‗African Queen‘ appear around the corner! The water level is very low between Wootton Rivers and Devizes, and having spoken to a K&A Trust member, apparently this is due to several leaks along this summit stretch. There are many permanent residential boats with some in a poor state spoiling a beautiful waterway.

Despite these negative comments we have had an enjoyable trip, stopping at

Hungerford, Great Bedwyn and Devizes.

We have also sampled some canal-side pubs serving good food.

Enough of our adventures, now down to business. Our Winter programme ended with the AGM in February, at which Brian Holt gave an interesting slide show of his trip on the Middle level and the Fens. March was our annual Dinner, which this year we held on a Friday lunchtime with a good attendance. All agreed that a lunch was better than an evening meal, especially for those that travel a long distance. Next year we will try holding the event on a Saturday lunchtime, giving those members who work an opportunity to join us.

Restoration work will continue through the summer at Baylham (for more details see page 6 - Ed) so if you are out and about in the area please come and see our progress.

To finish I would just like to wish you all a good summer Chard

Bruizer & Fringilla at Blake’s Lock on the K&A

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OUR REGION CHAIRMAN REPORTS At the most recent Trustees meeting considerable time was given to discussion of the DEFRA proposals for the much heralded New Waterways Charity. management of our Canal network at ― local level‖

This document is 89 pages long and the consultation period given, relatively short.

Doubtless the next Trustee meeting will be address these and other issues.

Rather than go for a multitude of individual responses it was decided to ask branches to respond through the Region Chairmen and we could formulate a unified IWA response.

For the record the Eastern Region was split 50/50 between accepting pretty much as written and making serious representations on the points I have mentioned.

(Your Branch Committee has responded supporting the IWA response—Ed)

It is a complicated issue and the document makes a number of assumptions, not all of which I feel are necessarily sound. There are 2 areas that cause me particular concern, firstly the question of long term funding, and secondly the dilution of Navigation interests. The way the structure will be set up allows just about everyman, his wife and dog to have a say in the future

The E.A. has received from counsel acting for IWA a letter setting out a number of points regarding Welches Dam Lock, as I write this there has not yet been a response from them. Watch this space.

Alastair Chambers

Water resources update—Continued Areas currently with boating restrictions, or that are under review include: Tuel lock at Sowerby Bridge on the Rochdale Canal, the summit section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal and on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

You can help by doubling up at locks, waiting for others boaters before setting locks and ensuring paddles are closed. We have also already suffered from some mindless acts of vandalism across the network which needlessly wastes millions of litres of water and we are requesting that you report any suspicious behaviour to the local police.

Adam continues: ―On the whole the picture is positive, with most reservoir holdings within normal range, if slightly below long term average for the time of year, and we remain optimistic about water supplies across the country. The situation on the Rochdale, Leeds & Liverpool, Monmouthshire & Brecon and Gloucester & Sharpness canals is being reviewed daily and www.waterscape.com/waterwatch has full details.‖ 5

Day at Baylham Lock for the Heritage Weekend in September.

After the conclusion of the AGM business, Mr Gummer spoke enthusiastically about his involvement in the regeneration of Ipswich‘s waterfront and his hopes for the future of the area.

He commented that in the 1980‘s, Ipswich had turned its back on the River Orwell after the closure of the major manufacturers in the town. He felt that the restoration of a water course from Stowmarket to Ipswich in the way of the River Gipping, would bring some commerce back. The public needed to be made aware of the gems in Ipswich, and a voice to attract visitors to the area.

There was a need to restore the river walk and make it more attractive. The proposed Tesco site was one in which he had some input, and he took on board the Trust‘s concern regarding the new flood walls. He thanked the Trust for everything that it was doing and encouraged the members to continue with the good work.

Lewis Tyler

The Trust held its third Annual General Meeting on 13th May 2011 when the meeting room at Needham Market‘s Community Centre was filled with members attending to hear the business of the meeting, and to be addressed by Mr. Ben Gummer, Member of Parliament for Ipswich.

The Town Mayor of Needham Market was also a guest and who welcomed the members.

After the re-election of retiring trustees Gerry Crease and Lewis Tyler, Brian Annis was elected to become a Trustee and subsequently the Trust‘s Chairman. He spoke warmly of the previous two chairmen and their contribution the ongoing success of the Trust. Members then heard about the progress of the restoration, finance, and future plans which included an Open

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RESTORATION

REPORT

We have had a successful spring session of work parties, both at Baylham Lock and further afield and are now enjoying a quieter period of activity while a number of our regular team are off on extended cruises, both home and abroad.

After the hard weather of the winter, and while we waited for the water levels to drop to summer level, we have concentrated our efforts on rebuilding the retaining wall and cleaning off and restoring the brickwork surface downstream of the road bridge at Baylham. We are still not certain of its original purpose. It may have been a loading area for the mill, a waiting position for the lock itself or possibly

just a hard surface for a flood water outfall. If anyone has any firm information on this we would be pleased to hear. Having cleared the surface itself, it became apparent that the river edge was collapsing due to erosion at times of flood and one of our next tasks will be to re-establish a firm edge and re-lay the remaining brickwork. We had considered re-piling the edge, but after consultation with the Environment 6

Agency, we have decided to simply reenforce the bank with sandbags and lay a timber curb on top to form a permanent edge.

Away from Baylham, we spent a few sessions in March and April at one of our earlier projects, Bosmere lock near Needham Lakes. Since our original work here, the timbers of the footbridge had deteriorated, and a small copse of willows had established itself in the channel above the lock. With financial assistance from Mid Suffolk we replaced all the timber on the bridge . Removing the willows proved harder than we expected, as although they were less than 10 years old, they had grown quickly and a couple of substantial stumps had to be hauled out.

Back at Baylham, we had planned to pump out the lock and start to replace damaged brickwork in the west wall of the lock chamber, but progress was thwarted when Chard discovered a nest with eggs in the pump battery box. We think this was one of the Grey wagtails

which we see regularly at the lock. At our last visit (18th May) the nest was empty, so once our site foremen return from cruising in early June we will be able to get on with placing scaffold in the lock and progressing with the repairs.

We will be meeting every Wednesday and first Saturday of the month through the Summer and Autumn, concentrating on the repairs to the west wall at Baylham. Later in the Autumn when the water levels preclude work at Baylham, we plan to move on to Pipps Ford Lock to examine the damaged bridge abutments , repair these and re-place a slipped coping stone.

Finally, we are planning to include Baylham Lock in the English Heritage Open Day on Sunday Sept 11th http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/ when members of the work party will be available to show members of the public the work being undertaken to restore the lock.

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River Stour Trust Restoring and conserving the River Stour Navigation

Norfolk Wherries As restoration of the RST’s Stour lighter gets under way, see Anglian Cuttings 117, it is interesting to compare the John Constable with a similar 112 year old boat whose renovation was completed in March 2010.

Over the last 10 years, major works costing £200,000 have been carried out on the Norfolk Wherry, Albion, so that ―she is now in the finest shape that she has ever been in since she was first built‖.

along with the single main sheet. Albion was unique among trading wherries in being carvel rather than clinker built; when launched she had a green bottom and brown oxide top – not the typical tar coating of other wherries.

The bow was painted white to aid visibility when sailing at night with a light on the stem post.

Sails were originally white, then, to try to prevent rotting due to u/v exposure, they were coated with herring oil which made them red. However rats liked the flavour and tended to eat the sails so they were coated with pitch – hence the name ―black sailed traders‖. Where there were over 300 of these wherries there are now only 2 left.

Albion was built for a firm of Bungay maltsters by William Brighton on Oulton Broad in 1898 at a cost of £455. Although the original specification was for steel to reduce maintenance, Albion was built of oak because steel hulls had a bad reputation for sweating. Just as the size of Stour lighters varied, wherry sizes varied according to the river they used; Albion was 60ft long, weighed 23 Tons, and carried 1500 sq ft of sail. A one ton counterbalance aided lowering the 42ft high oregon pine mast to pass under the many bridges. The mast, with its single stay from the stem, was set well forward to give the largest space for cargo, with crew quarters at the stern. The wherry was steered from a small deep well,

Just as Stour lighters were worked by a man and boy [plus horse], a wherry was sailed by a man and boy although some skippers took their wives and even 2 or 3 children with them. Typically a wherry travelled at 3-5 knots, max 7-8 knots, but was difficult to control on water, taking 8

up to 400yds to stop. When wind and tide prohibited progress a wherry had to be quanted, or wait.

could be carried on the side of the wherry was associated with wherry cargo handling. The 2 sides were made of slabs of wood about 5-6‖ wide, with the handles cut from the slab. This made them awkward to use, with the man‘s hands about a foot off the ground.

Wherries carried almost everything including coal, ice, timber and sugar beet.

Although they may have developed from Viking longships, they were not suitable for work at sea, but some larger wherries were used as lighters transferring cargoes to and from larger vessels moored outside harbours like Yarmouth and Lowestoft. It was not unknown for wherries to sail between Yarmouth and Lowestoft by sea rather than take the far longer inland route. For when going to sea or in deep water they had a detachable keel which was dropped down with ropes and located in position, then fixed tight with the ropes.

I was surprised to learn they sailed wherries from Norfolk to carry rocks to build the harbour at Portland in Dorset.

In 1900 Jack Powley became skipper for 20 years. After he left, Albion sank near Yarmouth Bridge in January 1931, to be raised 3 days later. She traded the river to Norwich under sail to the war years, then was stripped of all gear and became a lighter until the Norfolk Wherry Trust rescued her in 1949. As a child in the 50s the sight of her black sail slowly approaching across the miles of flat landscape never failed to excite me – ―Albion‘s coming!‖ I can still picture the sugarbeet which the local farmers heaped on the river front at Horning to wait for the wherry to transport to the factory at Cantley, and, as I recall, a lone wherryman loading the beet by hand into Albion‘s hold using a beet fork with metal knobs on the tines to prevent them spearing the beet.

Albion‘s first skipper, Jimmy Lacey, was a strict disciplinarian; the mate, his nephew Jack Powley, recalls Jimmy lifted the cabin doors off the hinges and put them away until the wherry moored. The cuddy was too draughty to sleep in with no doors on! Her first freight was coal at 1s/ton. She was intended to carry 36 tons but proved better and once did a journey with 41 tons of cattle cake.

Wherries were invariably loaded and unloaded by hand, often by the wherrymen themselves, and a unique ‗legless‘ style of wheelbarrow which

During the summer months Albion‘s hold was scrubbed out and wooden covers which interlocked to keep out the wet were put on to provide basic accommodation for holidaymakers, just as wherries had done for extra money since the Edwardian era. Up to the middle of the war Ted Bates, who worked for Collins of Wroxham, carried 9

Lowestoft for a local philanthropist – the last wherry of any type. Taken to Paris in 1950s and used as a houseboat.

Restoration began in Sept 2005, it is now afloat with 2 more years work to do.

holidaymakers on the wherry Olive during the summer months, and ran a trading wherry [not Albion] single handedly in the winter. Albion‘s last trip as a commercial freight carrier was in 1972.

The Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust [est. 2002] obtained a HLF grant of £492,000 to buy a fleet of 3 wherries, to give public access and to run environmental education programs.

As with narrowboats on the canals and the Stour lighters, the wherries could not compete with the fast and efficient railway which opened in 1844 along the wherries‘ most important route between Yarmouth and Norwich.

About 30 wherries were launched after 1890 although business was already in decline.

Ella was the last trading wherry – built in 1912, and by 1929 only 16 were left.

Towards the turn of the century 70 or more purpose-built pleasure wherries and wherry yachts appeared but proved uneconomic as the short season didn‘t give an adequate return on such big, expensive boats. The only survivors were the playthings of the rich.

Today‘s few survivors are: The traders: Albion owned by The Norfolk Wherry Trust, and Maud built 1899 at Reedham. She was scuppered when beyond repair, raised in early 1980s and lovingly restored over 18 years by her owners, Vincent and Linda Pargeter

Their fleet The pleasure wherry Hathor, built 1905 at Reedham for the Colman [mustard] and Boardman families. It has original Egyptian-themed interior décor but is pending an extensive refit.

The pleasure wherry Solace, built 1903 at Reedham, owned by the Rudd family. Very original.

The wherry yacht Olive, built 1909 by Ernest Collins at Wroxham as a charter boat and hired until 1958. In 2005 she sank at her moorings and is awaiting repair and restoration.

Norfolk Broads Yachting Co own Wherry yacht White Moth, the last ever built, in 1915, and part of Collins hire fleet until 1960. Restored 1985-90 and now available for skippered charter.

Pleasure wherry Ardea, built in

Finally Norada, built by Collins at Wroxham in 1912, slightly smaller to pass under Potter Heigham bridge.

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Aylsham Navigation THE PROJECT The Project plans to identify and record what remains of the history of the navigation and also the wildlife of this spectacular river. It also plans to hold a commemoration of the navigation in some form as close to 100 years from the date as possible. More details will be published as they become known. We also plan to identify and describe walks that will enable others to responsibly (and with respect to land owners) enjoy the river, it's history, scenery and wildlife.

The next meeting of the Aylsham Navigation Project 2012 will take place at Burgh Reading Room at 7.30pm on 30th June 2011. You are cordially invited to attend this meeting. An agenda will be issued nearer the time and the minutes of previous meetings can be found on the website which is regularly updated with new files, photographs and blogs.

A charitable Trust is required to take forward the idea of the linear footpath and conservation work on the Navigation. There is a timetable towards its formation and an inaugural meeting is due sometime in May. If you have already expressed a willingness to get involved with this aspect, thank you very much and I will be writing to you again very soon. If you have not expressed an interest but would like to be involved please let me know. For more information and to contact us see http://aylsham-navigation.norfolkparishes.gov.uk

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Soon the RST‗s fully restored Stour lighter will also take its place among the nation‘s historic boats and, with prudent management and careful maintenance, for years to come be seen on its river once again.

Sue Brown

Chartered until 1950. As of 2008 out of water for restoration of her hull.

The Trust cannot run charters with the wherries until their restoration is completed, but the HLF grant, which included money to buy the wherries, is only about one third of the total amount the Trust needs to spend over the next 5 years. It is currently trying to raise the additional £1 million matched funding.

River Stour Trust Summer Events Please see the Diary Page

There are no other rotting hulls suitable for restoration.

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North Walsham & Dilham Canal – Restoration Progress The main thrust at the moment is at Briggate. Here two work parties were held in October; at the first the task was to remove the huge amount of vegetation that had grown up over the millpond during the year, clearing the site. This enabled plant access for the late October work. On this occasion Tom and Digger, set to work and by the beginning of the afternoon had dug out a long trench about six metres from the public road and with the spoil had built an access track alongside the road for future use to the far side of the pond. Meanwhile Laurie with cherry picker and his professional chainsawer friend were able to remove the remaining dangerous trees growing between the road and pond. Others uncovered the water spill area which led under the road to the former mill wheel.

A follow-up joint work party was held in conjunction with a group of villagers, and the site around the old mill was cleared. We now plan to return to carry on this latest development with gusto and get the pond into some sort of working state before the beginning of the reproduction season in 2011. With much more visible water available we are sure that we shall soon see water birds returning to complement the vast increase in frogs and toads following the previous incursion of water earlier in the year.

The other main area of work has been on the Old Canal at Bacton Wood where the area around and above the breach have been cleared. As a result of this we ―stumbled‖ on the remains of the spillway, to the west of the canal just below Royston Bridge. This is well over a quarter of a mile above the lock, and it overflowed into the west soke dyke, then ran down to join the ―River Ant‖ below the breach site, and hence returned to the canal, via the sewage works, below the lock. This find will help considerably in the planning of the re-watering of this pound. There has now been some partial clearing of the weir and the canal owners have inspected the site.

A major event was in November when a party of 35 Warwickshire Waterways Walkers visited the canal, walking its length from Tonnage Bridge to Pigney‘s Wood at North Walsham, visiting the structures and restoration sites en route. This very successful event was hosted by the East Anglian Waterways Association and North Walsham & 12

Dilham Canal Trust and consideration is now being given to making this an annual fund raising event.

EAST ANGLIAN WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION In co-operation with the North Walsham & Dilham Canal Trust WORK PARTY PROGRAMME FOR JUNE TO DECEMBER 2011.

Jun July Aug Sept

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Ebridge Bacton Wood Bacton Wood Honing Briggate Ebridge Bacton Wood Honing

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Nov Dec

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Briggate Ebridge Honing Bacton Wood Bacton Wood Briggate Day Off - HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

For last minute information – please phone work party organisers: David Revill on 01603 738648 Or Chris Black on 01508 492025 Work site locations may be found on the Ipswich IWA Website

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE We gladly welcome all our new members From Norfolk: Mr & Mrs N Colvill; Mr & Mrs R & E Bush From Suffolk: Mr & Mrs J & H Snoddon; Mr D R Bromley; Mr J E Dyer; Mr N Morley & Mrs S Smedley; Mr & Mrs M & J Ellery.

From Essex: Mr & Mrs D & L Elliot.

IWA Member Discounts and Special Offers

Clive Saville

The following special offers are now available exclusively for IWA members:

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15% Discount at Blacks/Millets 10% Discount on chandlery purchases and services in the yard at Willowbridge Marina 5% Discount at Midland Chandlers

Special Hire rates to IWA members with Europcar Please note: All discounts and offers are entirely at the organisers' discretion.

To see details of how to take advantage of these offers you will need to be registered for the IWA website.

Please go to: http://www.waterways.org.uk/support_us/member_services/ member_discounts_special_offers_public or contact IWA Head Office for more information.

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Saturday 17th September 2011 A meal in the Maybush, Waldringfield followed by a cruise on the River Deben Our respective Trust’s decided it was time we found out a bit more about each other so we have arranged an outing to Waldringfield and a boat trip up the Deben to Woodbridge and back. You’ll have plenty of time to chat!

The boat is the MV Jahan. It has 54 seats and is fully weather protected. We need to be on board and ready to depart by 1.40pm and tea and cakes will be served during the trip.

The Maybush is a very pleasant family pub on the edge of the river, right next to the boatyard so we are suggesting that you have a meal there before joining the boat. The boat trip will cost £12.50 per person. We are not arranging a coach so you will need your own transport to the pub and you will also have pay for your own meal. There is ample car parking space at the pub.

If you would like to come on the trip, please copy and complete the slip below and return it by the 1st July. Cheques should be made payable to the ‘River Gipping Trust’ and sent with the booking slip to : Spencer Greystrong, 25 Ambrose Avenue, COLCHESTER, CO3 4JY

I would like ______ tickets for the boat trip on Saturday 17th September. I enclose £______ (£6 deposit per person) Name ___________________________________ Telephone number_________________________ Email Address_____________________________ 14

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DATES for your DIARY

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BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS 2011/12 Branch Meetings held at the Community Centre, School St., Needham Market At 7.30, unless otherwise stated.

FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER Talk by Chris Miller—The Suffolk Punch Trust FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER Talk by Brian Cornell—The River Thames FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER Illustrated talk by Hugh Turner—Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation FRIDAY 13TH JANUARY Members Evening FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY AGM/Illustrated Talk by Francis Hart—Venice Past & Present OTHER DATES FRIDAY 29TH JULY—SUNDAY 31ST JULY 2011 IWA National Festival—Burton-on-Trent Note Change—NOT The August Bank Holiday.

SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST—NOON-5PM RST Coracle Regatta—Bures Recreational Ground MONDAY 29TH AUGUST—11AM-4PM RST Pirates on the Stour—Granary Sudbury SATURDAY 10TH—SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER RST Sudbury to the Sea—Weekend Canoe Event SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER RGT Open Day—Baylham Lock 11am-4pm http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/ SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER RST/RGT River Deben Cruise—See Page 14 SATURDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER RST Illuminated Boat Procession—Great Cornard

WORKING PARTY DATES Working Parties are held by the River Gipping Trust at Baylham Lock from 0900 to 1700 every Wednesday and on the first Saturday of each month, unless that Saturday is a Bank Holiday in which case it will then be held on the second Saturday of that month.

For further information and to confirm dates contact Martin Bird Tel: 01394 380765 Email: restoration@rivergippingtrust.org.uk 15

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