The K and A Trust is looking for crew for the work boat Vale of Pewsey during October and November.
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Posts Tagged ‘Bradford-on-Avon’
Autumn work boat parties need crew
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011Bradford on Avon Community Agriculture welcomes boaters
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
A number of boaters are involved with Bradford on Avon Community Agriculture, a community co-operative that grows organic fruit and vegetables. It’s open to anyone to join. You can drop in and help when you’re in the area, and benefit from fresh organic food in return.
K and A Trust Whitewash!
Monday, August 1st, 2011Well, Lime Mortar Training Course actually. BW is running a training course in Lime Mortar techniques for Kennet and Avon Canal Trust Working Party Volunteers. There are 12 places. The course will be held in Bradford on Avon on Monday 22 August at 9am.
Impact Assessment Questionnaire
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011This questionnaire is being carried out by liveaboard boaters as part of the Equality Impact Assessment of the Local Mooring Strategy proposals for the western Kennet and Avon canal (Bath to Devizes). The purpose of this questionnaire is to find out what impact the proposed mooring restrictions will have on liveaboard boaters – most of whom don’t have moorings.
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Want to mess about in a work boat again?
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust needs crew for the work boat Vale of Pewsey on Thursday 19th May starting from 9.30am and also on Friday 20th May. They will be clearing the wall below Bradford lock from Heaven Scent (Candle factory) along the boundary with Victory Field. This will take all day. On the Friday they plan to carry on cutting back the offside vegetation towards Avoncliff. Please email Derrick Hunt if you want to help. Volunteers don’t have to be members of the Trust. Contact derrickjohnhunt@btinternet.com
Bradford on Avon Area Board to discuss mooring strategy
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The local mooring strategy will be discussed at the Wiltshire Council Bradford on Avon Area Board on 21st July at Westwood Social Club, Leslie Rise, Lower Westwood. Please attend if you can. The venue is open from 6.30pm and the meeting starts at 7pm. The minutes and other information from the Bradford on Avon Area Board can be found at
http://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=220&MId=799&Ver=4
See also http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityandliving/areaboards.htm for information about all the Area Boards.
Done and dusted!
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Around 20 people spent Sunday afternoon clearing litter from the towpath and the water between Bradford on Avon and Bath. Using boathooks and fishing nets, and carrying the rubbish in wheelbarrows, bike trailers and boats, the group took about four hours to do most of the canal and also Warleigh Weir. Well done to everyone who took part, especially as it was such a hot day. Another clean-up has been suggested for the winter, when it will be easier to find any litter that’s hidden by the undergrowth at this time of year, so watch this space…
Sally Ash confesses consultation is a sham
Friday, February 12th, 2010Sally confesses all in the Wiltshire Times on the 29th January…
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It’s petition time
Friday, February 12th, 2010Remember the petition? The one that goes “Help Stop British Waterways from denying boater’s legal mooring and destroying boating communities”.
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