Riverside Developments Mike Wingfield, our Vice Chairman, has been leading our new Riverside Development Group who have been developing river based ideas. Progress has been made in conjunction with council flood defence work and we are hoping to work with the council’s contractor to develop riverside flood plain gardens to include boat activity. This [...]
Riverboat releases extra availability for Cruises We have finally achieved connection to the grid to allow topping up of power to the Riverboat. With shorter days and extra trips planned this has been critical. We also now have the necessary volunteers licenced and trained to operate a bigger schedule. We have three drivers already [...]
Derwent Wharf and Lock - Concept video Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust have been working with the University of Derby to create a vision of the city centre of the future incorporating many of the developments around a city centre lock and basin. These are now on view along with other ideas for the [...]
Riverboat trips for passengers started on 21st August. Yes, we have commenced operation of the Passenger Riverboat! Our first fee paying passengers were on board on 21st August following a press weekend launch the previous Sunday. The press launch went well—we had a Central News TV camera, local radio and the local [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; Phew—What a scorcher! We’ve certainly seen the temperatures rise over the last month. I spent the hottest afternoon training volunteer Riverboat drivers. I wasn’t sure whether it was the best place to be in the heat, but [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and showers of summer. I’m sure we are all thinking of holidays and no doubt with the travel challenges at present staying in the UK and particularly on the [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; We’re getting into holiday season now and I’m pleased to relate that I’m typing this on my shareboat as we cruise the Ashby. It’s a good reminder of what we are all working for as our emphasis [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; Here we are again in a new year with hopes and prayers that it must be better than last year. As I write this it appears that spring is early with sunshine and temperatures over the norm. [...]
'Outram' outing at Shardlow Inland Port Festival While we wait to get 'Outram' on the Derwent in Derby, we found out that Shardlow was having a water festival on the 11th & 12th September 2021. This looked like a great opportunity for us to have a few trial runs with the boat with passengers. [...]
Derby Canal - Drone Footage Playlist Andy Savage (www.derbyphotos.co.uk) has put in a huge amount of effort and produced a series of drone footage videos along the length of the Derby Canal. Its available to look at below (top right corner to change between videos). It's a very interesting, and quite relaxing, set of videos, [...]