Chesterfield Canal receives £87,500 investment
27th March 2015 Derbyshire County Council Press Release Work to restore Chesterfield Canal continues in a bid to boost tourism and attract businesses and investment into North East Derbyshire.
Read MoreCanal revealed by WRGies
22nd March 2015 You may remember that a group of WRGies – volunteers from the Waterway Recovery Group – came to do some scrub bashing at Spinkhill last November. Click here for the story. A group of about 30 returned this weekend.
Read MoreClean up in Retford by Seth Ellis crew
21st March 2015 Today the crew of our Retford based tripboat, Seth Ellis, did a clean up of the canal.
Read MoreHollingwood Common Canal
23rd January 2012 You don’t have to go to Worsley to see an underground canal. We have one on the Chesterfield Canal at Hollingwood. It is called the Hollingwood Common Canal.
Read MoreDelivering the engine
10th March 2015 Well, it turned out that Jan and Glyn had chosen the right day to drive down to Braunston with bright sunshine from early in the morning, lasting all day. We had to take the engine down to Johnno at Union Canal Carriers, Braunston Bottom Lock via Sheet Stores in Long Eaton. The…
Read MoreSynchronisation
5th March 2015 For eighteen long months Python has been sitting on the dock waiting. Waiting for us to manage to persuade the great and the good that she is worthy of saving and they should help by throwing some money in her direction. I suspect there were a few pessimists who thought pigs would…
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