HELP!! NEW EDITOR REQUIRED

I have been the Editor of the Sou’wester since 2015 but currently I have so many other commitments that I am finding it very difficult to produce it even though there are only 3 issues per year. Is there someone reading this that can take on this task? I can help you get under way and give any advice that is needed. If you could fill this vacancy, please contact me, Hannah or Ray Alexander. Please see inside back cover f0r contact details.

Update from Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust

Ralph Barber, Chairman

Back in November 2021 we gained planning permission after submitting over 100 documents. Since then, the volunteers have been successful in completing a number of culverts so the canal can go over the top of these. We had the WRGs in for 3 weeks, well a bit shorter due to a bit of Covid hitting the camp. In parallel to this we took part in a land auction for the next bit, that also gave us the benefit of joining two bits of land that we own already. After 11 months we finally got the land (Jan 23) and we have already started the planning permission application. This will enable us to create a canal corridor of over 1km and have a circular walk once completed. See map on page 9.