group report KESCRG The regional mobile working party groups have been getting going again in the autumn. Let’s hear what a couple of them have been up to, starting with Kescrg... newly rewatered section beyond Bridge 1 at Cosgrove. We were staying at Stoke Bruerne As reported in the last edition of Navvies, village hall, and seven of us were booked in mobile working party group Kescrg returned to sleep at the accommodation. Still a small to weekend digging in September with a number by normal standards, but just about very successful dig helping prepare reinforcthe right number for this weekend as we ing and formwork for a concrete pour on the slowly increased the size of digs as we beWey and Arun at the Tickner’s Heath Road came more comfortable and confident with Crossing. This weekend proved that a hybrid the arrangements. Best of all, we once more approach combining local volunteers, Kescrg had a dedicated cook with Anne being with day trippers and a small group staying over- us for the weekend – Mick was also out night in traditional dig fashion was both digging, but he was down in the South West worthwhile and effective, and as Covid safe with WRG Forestry. This might be the ideal as we could make it - and more importantly realisation of the romantic weekend digging reminded us just how much we had missed ‘together’… getting out and being constructive and useful Saturday morning saw us meet with on canal projects over the preceding 18 Terry and his local crew at Cosgrove for a months. A quick Lateral Flow Test before briefing on Covid arrangements, the site and and after the weekend was a small if slightly the specific work we were doing, then we uncomfortable price to pay for being back proceeded down the Arm to the offending out doing what we love. leaky sections to do some ‘investigation’. So, with this experience under our belts The canal here traverses the gentle slope of our October weekend was arranged on the the River Ouse valley, and the first task was Buckingham Arm of the Grand Union canal, to cut trenches in the waterlogged farmer’s the plan being to investigate and repair a field to encourage the leaking water to flow number of leaks that had appeared in the away from the puddles it had created at the
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Kescrg returns…
Kescrg on the Wey & Arun: formwork set up ready for concrete at Tickner’s Heath road crossing
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