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Update on canal camp bookings and plans, a change of address for WRG and our parent body IWA, and who wants to hire a cheap mud barge?

Camps update

Unfortunately the Canal Camp which was due to be held on the Derby Canal from 5 to 12 August has had to be cancelled. However as we went to press all other weeks in the summer Canal Camps programme were set to go ahead as planned. In fact by that point most of them were fully booked. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve missed your chance. In a number of cases the maximum number of volunteers on the camp is being raised from 12 (the limit that we introduced as part of the process of getting Canal Camps going again safely in the wake of the pandemic) back to the previous usual limit of 18 (based on fitting the volunteers into two minibuses), plus there’s always a chance of a cancelled booking so it’s worth checking on the website and/or getting in touch.

Need a mud boat?

Does your canal society have a use for a temporary hire of a mud hopper barge? The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust has a 70-footer available - not free, but very cheaply as they need to move it off Canal & River Trust waters. They can also hire you a tug to haul it with if you need one.

Contact HGCT Chairman Ralph Barber on 07836 347427 for details.

We’ve moved!

Well, not exactly as none of us actually work there, but WRG’s (and our parent body the Inland Waterways Association’s) head office address has changed. It’s now at Unit 16B, First Floor, Chiltern Court, Asheridge Road, Chesham HP5 2PX. The phone number hasn’t changed - it’s still 01494 783453.