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 [...]
It is with great sadness that I must report that John Baylis passed away on Wednesday 6th July after an illness. John has been a Trustee for DSCT since before I became involved in 2003. I believe from those that know that he was there when the Trust was started. John was a founding director [...]
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; It may be a challenge to the body clocks when the clocks go forward at the end of March, but it shows that summer is coming and the evenings are getting longer. As I write this the [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; March is an important month for our working parties. It’s the month when bramble and tree clearance needs to come to a halt to avoid disturbance to nesting wildlife. There’s always a push to get the list [...]
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. [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; I hope everyone is in festive mood and ready for some good family time. Let’s hope Omicron doesn’t get in the way and that you are all safely immunity boosted. We still have the same old projects [...]
'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. [...]
IWA/WRG visit to the Derby Canal in August 2021 Planning & Covid-19 In 2018 & 2019, we were successful in being able to secure a Canal Camp from the Inland Waterways Association / Waterways Recovery Group (IWA/WRG) to visit the Borrowash Bottom (Shacklecross) Lock to help rebuild the lock chamber, which was damaged during [...]