I’m delighted to confirm that we have now received the formal licence for water abstraction from the River Derwent. This has been achieved due to the generosity of Celanese at Spondon. They held a substantial licence for abstraction of water for their manufacturing processes. Whilst the demise of the company has been very hard for [...]
For some it is a nice quiet break for the Bank Holiday, for others it is work as normal! Thanks to the wonderful support from Keeth we have managed this week-end to spray the JK, both at Borrowash and Draycott. This pest is really beginning to spread, we have identified a lot more areas at [...]
Welcome Members, I hope you’ve received your copy of the Packet in the last few weeks. We’ve had a few comments back and I’d like to invite a few more. The magazine is for you and it makes it easier for us to improve it following your feedback. Any suggestions or details for sending you [...]
Big mistake on the weather front, I normally manage to arrange cold frosty mornings or totally wet ones! This week the team turned out at Sandiacre to clear the footpath that runs along the popular walk from the Bottom Lock upwards. Brilliant sunshine and a dry working area meant that we could cut some of [...]
So whilst some of the working party members took time out at the Breaston May Day Gala the hard work continued at Borrowash! Photos below show Nigel and the team clearing the bed (i.e. keeping the willow out of the water - mucky work!) and clearing the paths - Keep up the hard work Borrowash [...]
Breaston May Day Gala or working party? With the weather that we had to put up with this Bank Holiday Monday you would have thought it was one of my organised working parties! Overcast to start, the rain started soon after we set up, but it did not stop the crowds turning out to this [...]
David & Derek will again be hosting our June Meeting taking members on a guided walk of another section of the Canal - this time at Sandiacre. Meet at the Bridge Inn, Longmoor Lane, Sandiacre for a 7.00pm start (Note earlier start time than usual, but if not you would be walking in the dark!) [...]
The third working party in as many weeks once again saw the teams turn out at Borrowash. Our aim this week was to complete the tidy up of the area after all the dangerous trees that we have felled, it is pleasing to see that all the logs that we left at the side of [...]
I hope you’ve had a Good Easter and are looking forward to our next meeting. Following a run through of old “remedies” from “The Plague Doctor” last month we are on a less gruesome topic this month. On 26th April we are welcoming Paul Sturges reminding us what life was like in “Derby in the [...]
The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society met this week at Borrowash to support the work that the locals keep doing during each year to maintain the site. Enough members turned out to ensue that we had two teams working at different ends of the stretch, one team worked down from Mear Drive towards the bottom [...]
