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"WATERWAYS FOR TOMORROW" February 1999. John Prescott, Deputy Prime M i t e r & Secmtary of State for the DETR, bdtd "Unlocking the Potential", the Government's plan for 3r1& Waterways' future.

Just srxlecn months later comes "Waterways for Tomorrow". He said when launching this latest document.

'Ta a big fan nofinland warmy$. Eauk ul rhe sixfle9. a far of rbe sysrem hxd b e c m dause4 hut Barbara L'asr[e'S 1968 Trmwnrd Acf emured the nnatinnalked waterways survived.

''Now. w~th our WaWwavs for Tomorrow ~ ~ -~

docuhenr, wc're looking r i rhe furure and we see parrner,~bip as rhe key. F i r~ r , by brjnging rogcthcr ail [be bodies which manage waterways And second warcrway aurhoriucs

^Our inland waterways are one of our most imponaat national aset* By revjtalismg t4em we W deLiw red benefits ro fhc eavirmmarr, m busmesr and to comnmtie$'!

The document states the Government's clear intentinn and carries many encouraging statements, a selectron whoh 1 qllote below:

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The Government clearly endorses the Waterway Trust and its parallel function with British Waterways but under its mvn board of trustees.

This Waterways Trust has asked British Waterways to conduct an appraisal and update of all our engineering feasibility studies and Report by Des Pinnock the Corridor Study commissioned over the last ten years. A most impressive team has been With grass cutting a continuous requirement, assembled and its report is due in the Autumn. Dudley Greenslade (besides all the other

things he is doing for the Trust), now has grass Our membership is growing rapidly. I cutting work parties on Thursday. Volunteers welcome to the Trust all new members. I Look meet at 6.30pm at the Eastington Compound - forward to meeting many of you as we are out he can always use extra help. and about around the country attending many shows and exhibitions this Summer. Monday and Wednesday mornings are still

active although much effort has been diverted into preparation and clearing for the many events we have organised this season

The photograph below was rakeo at "Saul 2000'~ the first c d event to be held With some improvement to the weather we after the hunch of 'Water~aY~ for hope to be able to resume our black m d white Tomorrow': painting programme once again. More

volunteers always welcome! Present for the opening ceremony (from left to r i ~ h f ) were David Drew M P Dr -, - - John ~or ;& ( ~ b ~ & a n &ucesterskire County CouociI), Dr David Hetcher Thanks to Bob Uarke from (CBief Executive of British Waterways) Canal & Rivmkaat magazine and Bruce HaII MBE (CCT Chaiiman). for taking the photograph

Double Lock ~tself, so that water in the excavated section cac be contained. This should be complete by the end of July, and ad&t~onally show off the structure to much better advantage than previously

by Ne vil/e Nelder Honorary S~mreg'rc Plan";"# Consulten1

EBLEY INFILL British Waterways have now taken ovw the "drive" for the technical part of the project - to pursue and carry out the contract to e m a t e the infill . working from Ryeford Double Lock eastwards towards Bridge Road. However, with BW the Trust has still had to address the issues of finally obtaining approval for the grant - which has been conditional until this stage, and obtaining planning consent to deposit the dredgings on the old tip site, adjacent to the canal at Ebley. AI the time of going to press, we have just heard that the grant application has not been approved, which is a setback after all the hard work put in to meet the stated requirements

l have wrltton tnformtng letters to all affected property owners, and two points of concern wlth regard to prolectlon of property must be addressed Work has started on Ryeford

WALLBRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS At a meeting of elected representatives on June 1st. it was agreed that the combined project of roadworks and bridge would be deferred for a year, while the funding for the bridge is pursued vigorously. Work towards this aim has already started with thw development of a funding promotional pack which can be used by all parties concerned with the achievement of this project.

OCEAN BRIDGE, STONEHOUSE At the end of May the Trust submitted bids to the IWA for two available awards, each of £100,000, arising from bequests made to them for use in restoration works. Recently the IWA notified the Trust that a bid for the Ocean Accommodation Bridge has been placed on the national short-list of eight; we hope we shall be successful when final

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consideration for the winnercs) t a b s place kter m the autumn. This bridge carries a pnvate road and publtc rights of way over the canal. Formerly, it was a swing bridge; it is cursmlly a low level ftxed structure adpcent m rhe matn railway brtdge crossirrg, and the iatent is to recurn il ts swing bridge operation. Same funds towafds this ~ r o w t have already

It has now been agreed with Wiltshire County Council that, before a consent to -act Minerals M land at Eisey wil l only be ~m* an agreement must be signed with Tar- Quarry Pmducts (involving WCC) concerning arr-nts and contributions ta canal

been sazsed by the Trust as result of apped restofition ta Charitable Tmsts. The unsuccesEful bids were for the Wallbridge bridge, and for Oil M~lls brdge at Ebley, neither of which met fhe 1WA criteria so d l as at Ocean.

WATER RESOURCES STUDY ass1 Regards to tfle Trust horn There has long been a need to follow up on the work already done m the coarse of the engineering studles carried out in the early 90s. A start is now being made by letting a tender for a Study of the lssue in the western ALL TYPES OF STONEWORK Water Park area. Work~ng inconjunction with FIENOVATIONS & CLEANING the Env~mnmeaf Agency and Cotswold HAND CARVED MEMORIALS District Council. a brief was prepared and tender docuol~nts issued. The f h of

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The blggest event of its kmd in the South West A few staustics: Junctlon Bridge was swung 320 tlmes over the weekend, Over 5000 people vlsrted the event. We had U7 boats moored up. Over 250 people took a boat trlp Over 40 new members signed up

Ever since September 1999, this event has been in its panmng stages. Several ground rules were lad down at an early stage, taking on board the comments after the 1999 Boat Gather%. More trade stands, more boats, more music, more parkmg. =chard Watts of Saul Fannkmdly agreed to give us the use of a field for parklng, which freed up the Saul Junct~on car park for the traders arena. Deliberate efforts were made to attract coastal craft to the event - but we cadt take credit for the two 70' navy patrol boats passing through! This was just a bonus on the Fr~day and Sunday afternoons

Our main band performing on Saturday evening was "Little Jnhmy England", a folk rock set-up well known at Cropredy Folk Festival, Warwick Folk Festival and many other venues. They would have been well outside our scope had it not been for the generous sponsorship of Kceh Harns, who not only pad the fee, but enierrained the band lavishly on his boat &U/ nader, conveniently moored in the dry dock of RW Davs.

We were pleased to have return vlslts from the Caldon Canal Stompers (trad jazz) the Mainstreamers (mainstream jazz), the Bsgel Flsh Orchestra (eclectic mlx of traditional y~ddish, Transylvanian and contemporary folk) and Frampton Folk Club.

Ail this top entertainment was completely free to all our visitors. Our only real source of Income was therefore the car park At £5 per vehicle, those that arrived on thew own thought it was expensive. Those that arrrved m mini-buses thought it was encellent value for money! We will look at this charge again next year and try to make it a bit more equitable.

SARA perform a mock resuce from the canaI M front of tug "Kernet"

Advancs publicity was provided by our friends from Narrow Boat Trust. The working pan Brlgbron and Nmeaton loaded with real ale at Hanbury Wbarf, Droitwich m Tuesday 27 June def~vering to riverside pubs en route to Sad, cr6ating great interest from radio and p m pximalists -exactly as planned

Take up of lrsde stands was initially slow, hut the last two weeks became frenetic The craft marque was p h ~ e d to be the centrepiece, taking up a central position in the car purk. The other traders were then supposed to form a convex seml cude fac~ng out wwards the water, wifb the catermg at one end and the chddren's farrground at the other end Too many nonissential vehicles clogged vital parts of the site and we ended up with fairgrwnd rides going in the wrong place. causing a diwraction to the craft tent entrance Our lsmm has been learned

A signtficant number of questmnnaues came back with the comments that people wanted "more of the same" or "mose traders': The bulk of them exprwed sentiments along the lines of -a great day out". We must have got quite alot of thmgs rigbt.

On the Friday and Saturday, boats %re arriving frem both dirwtions, and the moorings eventually stretehed from SaatWMd Bridge right up to tlle winding hole near Parkend Bridge. The biggest vessel was AmbuIent at DO' long, the smallest probaMy the rowing M brought by Alan Churchward of the Envuonment Agency. It was pod to see the steam pinnace Jancf being tabn oul for a breath of fresh air. skippered by John Nash and crewed by Btrond Sea Cadets

A few interesting jobs that cropped up included the building of an access "bndgc ' from the pedestrian access path through the field up to the approach r o d This m a work of art m sca£fdd poles and went unnotked by most using it- a credd to W e that built it. Had it been whbly and w e n , everyone would have panted it out. U g e n lights fined to the tower crane gave illumination outside the entertainment tent Thank you Dudley, for sormg these out. I know 1 d d n ' r have climbed even half way up there. The power supply was provided ky Sammy, the IWA generator u i t . This is a Bedford TK lorry unit with fall sound insulation as befits an item vf plant once used

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The VIP reception held on the SpIr~r of Freedom (courtesy of Wlllow Trust) was a resoundmg success Attended by David Fletcher (chief executive BW) David Drew MP, the chairmen of Gloucestersh~re County S 01453 822132 Erampton Parish Counc~l - to name but a few

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2000 Beer Run I By Nick Haynes

Follow~ng the successful "Long Haul" last year, l jumped at the chance of an easy bu of boat~ng deliverlug beer to pubs on the way to Saul Junction. Having jouied the Cotswold CanalsTrust last year t h ~ s was m first jointly plannad trip as a member of hotx the Narrow Boat Trust & CCT

Initially the idea was to take dehvery of the beer. from Canon Royal Brewery of Droitwich, at Hanbury Wharf. on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Loading would lake place on Monday 26th June and we would reach Saul on Friday 30th m time for the Saul 2000 event thereby helping to generate some publicity. Having looked at the schedule it would only he three days boatlng at the most so Neil Ritchie and the brewery agreed to change the plck-up day to Tuesday. That bit of the trip sorted I now bad to fmd

out how the boats were getting from our home base at Blakes Lock Museum Reading to wherever 1 was going to faLe over, expected to be somewhere near my home at Wanvick

Another hiccnp was that the crew had planned to get the boats to the bottom of Tardebigge locks by Saturday morning. A quick b ~ t of negotiation and a slow rrip for them and it was agreed they would be somewhere near Warwick on the Saturday. UnusUalIy for Nmeatm and Brigitfan this meant a scheduled two weeks of late starts and early finishes. In the meantune I had organised my crew. Dave Ray and Lou Kellett, both on the Long Haul with me. agreed to join on Saturday and my youngest daughter Marie was joining on the Sunday evening.

With everything planned 1 recaved a phone call on Friday 25th to say the boats were just below Lapworth Locks on the Grand Union A leisurely start and we set off to get the boats up Lapworth, at 1341, with a smp at the Wharf h Hockby Heath for dinner. My fist day plan didn't allow for the fact of a new crew of only three and two hoats. Needless to say, we arr~ved at the pub at ZPOJ,

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five minutes after they stopped serving f w d Day three and Dave and mys@ walked up to It had taken us seven hours as opposed to the butty in time for our ~ w k e d breakfast and about four on the Lonlr Haul. How 1 nussed rhen off bow-hauline the buuv at 9:40. Just as - my bow-haulers.

Day two started mucb easier with a six hwr cruise to the top c!f Tardeb~gge. Asr~ving at L500, could we ge4 both boats down by the end of the day? No way, especially as we m e waiting for a publicity opportunity. an interview on BBC Radlo Gloucestershire. Not qulte knowing what to expect we waited at the top of Tardebigge far a radio van to arrive. L&u wrong can y w he? We were just about to give up and set off d l540 when my mobile rang. "You'll be on air m a few mluutes can you ban onT" 1 took the opportunity to mention %oth the NBT and CCT.

With still only three of us we decided to take the motor down to the bottom, only 30 locks, and leave the buny until the Monday morning, when we'd have a crew of four Having su~cessfully negotiated to the bottom for 1995, Mate and the rest of my family joined us for lfinner at the Queen's Head. it still wasn't open when we arrived. One problem was the girk had to walk back up te tbe top tosleep m the Butty, -ash!

we were arriving at ?he first iock, a hire born with a driver (whose first language wasn't English) set off in hi8 boat and to& all the locks that Dave and I had set on our walk up Never mind, it was a lavely morning and we were in no hurry. We %re at the bottom of the locks in three and a half hours, much better than Lapworth. With the six at Stoke and SAX at Astwood, we eventually arrived at Hxnbury at 18:04. C h e c k i with the pub, they ware happy that weloaded the beer £mm their car park.

Day four saw us waiting for the beer. Neil arrived with some hessian sacking, to cover the barrels and to keep wetted to cool the beer. We were loaded and away at i t 3 5 The 12 barrels looked lost in Nune~rrm's hold but we had the crew's pin of Arxowhead beer set up and tapped on the butty. We planned to stop in Diglis Basin that night after an easy day but as w~th most trips on canaIs not used to working boats things don't always go to plan. Everything was fine until we arrived in Wqrcester At lock 7 (what a pmuresquk name) d took us about L? W t e g to convince

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a f m d y of cygw*s that clmy didn't want to travel dwrn with the butty. Fortunately the parents were W w the lock suing rather agitated. We had more fun at lock 6 when the motor wmt in but wouldn*t Come out. The shape of the neck of the lock wouldn't ali& us to move out. After an hour of pulling and pushrng a phone call to BW resulted in the advice of dropping the lower pound by ten inches. This was rather annoying when we'd already tried that ploy but only taken off three inches It worked a treaL but thsn waiting lo let the backlog of boats thmugh ahead of the butty it wasn't for a further hour befora both boats were through lock 5,

We finally arrived at Diglis Basin at 21fl0. A local Chinese take-away provided supper and the Arrowhead had cleared for a tastet of a putt or two.

Day five saw us on to the Sevm and getting the beer delwery underway. No more bow haultng, lack wheeling or swing-bridge swinging. With a following flow we wen now travelling at about five miles per hour, speeding for a pair of narrow boats. It was typical that we arrived at the first lock after Worcester, at 13:05 and the lock keeper has his lunch 1255 to 1330 Still we managed to arrive with our first delivery at the Lower Lode Inn during opening tme. We did wonder what we had let ourselves in for, with a 45 degree ramp and riverside to match but using a bit of ingenuity wltha sack truck and ball of stnng we managed to deliver the fiisr two ba rds without any problems. Cash on dellvery but no free beer and off we set.

We arr~ved at our second pub and overnight stop, Tde Boar at Ashlewo~th, at 1600. A rather amusing comment was made by the landlady when she saw Lou pick up a bar~el "Do you want me to get a man to help with

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W?" Any of gau who met Lou on tha Long Haul will probably gum her naction She's 6fl Sins and a Northcrn Kich-boxin chanmion - she wasn't amused. W i i no f A at lh; pub, a walk into the village and s visit to the shop p r o d u d a horn-made quiche and salaQ our healthiest meal of the week A vlsit to the pub in the evening did result in a frte mund to the delivery men

We got underway at 028 on day six, and through Gloucester by 10:OO with a quick stop for breakfast. DeliverieE were plauned for the seU Loo at Ftamptw and Sad Jmction i t d with several pubs being supplied by mad from there. As we had been unable to man- horse transport from the canal to thc Hcll f& , I hnd decided to take everything uff at SauL WC arrived at E00 to a welcome from CCT m e d m s preparing for the weekend. W the beer wa8 unlosded and the boat moored ready for the Saul ZW event.

It was nice to ba able to make use of the River Severn and Gloucester & Sharpnes Canal for commercial deliveries by Narrow Beat. Any suggestions for wwh CCT & NBT can do jointly eexr year?

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PREPARING RYEFORD Richard Attwood confirms that access has now been cleared along the bed of the canal between Oil Mills Bridge and meford Double Lock A small group of volunteers set to on Sunday 7th May and achieved a through route in readiness for the imminent start by contractors on the rebuilding of Ryeford top wing walls. Timing is critical on this task, as we anticipate an August start to the dredging and infill clearance upstream of Ryeford. As soon as this section is cleared we will insert stop planks and flood the site.

r u ~ i n g order - b;t other inte;esiig tasks arise from time to time; l i e paddle gear repairs, hydraulic engineering, tramport logistics and plant operation. Thanks for all your help John - I hope we find a replacement for you! The new compound hardstanding and covered roof is now virtually complete a fine addition to the workplace; shelter from the beating sun and beating rain (depending on perverse weather fluctuations). Contact Adrian Peatman 01453 542000 email: atp9chosen-hil1.gloncssch.nk

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PLANT MAINTENANCE lot of tidyingat Dock, Blunder, Newtown and Wallbridge Locks - including grass cutting,

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SUMMIT WORK Work at the summit 1s srill centrug on the area between T u ~ e l House inn and Coates round house on the f m t Sunday of each month. The trouble is, they are m n k i i such a gwd job of tt. that nobody appreciates how mwh work is going intomaking that length so easy to walk1 It all looks so natural that it appears a naturally md- f ree area. No trees shed branches, no nettles sprout and the path remains perfestly level as though by magic. But we know befter-. Contact Mark Weiton 01453 872405 e.mlul: rnarkwelton@msaoom

SOUTH CBRNEY The seeond eastern end wotk pwgramme i s organised by Keith W i n g . This grew is beavering away east of the Spine Road, clearing hanks and ceanl bed The plan is to reflwd the first 200 yards of W pound h r this year so that visitors will see a rewamad canal on both sides of the roadwhen they stop at the Information Centre. I t willalso help onr argument when we push for a navigab2e cuIvert and towpath under the Spine %ad. Chlun saws, how saws and bonfues seem t0 be the g e n d theme here. Pmgress is slow, htit a cons~stenrly h g h standard IS b a g maintiurd Work happens every Wednesday evening from S.Mpm. Contact Keith Harding 0i4~1860181 email keith@mnsicboxlO.demonoo.nk

ONWARDS UP THE V- Towpath works are still progremisg at Brimscombt. Having cleared the Ebwh~idge pound early in the year, we have now moved on past Orlffins Mill Lock, Jubilee B z ~ d p and are now almost up to Bagpafh Brrdge -at which point we leap on towards Air Plants because the fishermen are &ing suoh a splendid job of maintaining their section at Ham MilL

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If vou do not alreadv ewe us vour suouort. we - 2 ," .. . hope yuu will be able to join us as often as you can before the nights draw in - we still nced as much help as posjiblc.

We meet from about frve thirty every Wednesday evemng, and generally work until dusk, when we pack up and retire for refreshment and conviviality to a local hostelry.

We usu!il$ go to either the &m at Cemey Wick or the newly refurbished Horse asd Groom on the old road to Cirencester. For many of us, these work parties are the highlight of our week, and combine a lot of fun with a great sense of ackvement. There is easy parking in fmnt of the Icformation Centre on Spine Road

There is a meal deal of scrub clearance needed m the bed of the canal. as well as on the tow path, which 16 being progressively improved and realigned It is important to dear as far along the canal as we can by early September, when we shall bring m contractors to re-profile the hed of the c a d

Our target for the current year is to restore the first quarter of a mile of canal to a high standard and to put it in water. We have so far cleared the first three hundred yards, and we urgently need your help to increase this by half as much again. We do hope we can look forward to the pleasure of you company w Wednesdays. If you have any queries, please m11 me on 01451 860181

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As a member qf the Trust for some years I have followed (and occasionally participated in!) the restoration cffort This has led me to an mterest in same of the o tha large scale canal restoratlens in the country and paiticulsirly that of the Huddersfield Narrow canal.

W&%ite http:liwww.penninewacerways.~o.uk ran excellent site) inspired me to dig out my boats m see the real thing and so over the flrd weekend of July my partner, Darylle and I walked the whole canal iength from Ashton unda Lyne to Huddersfteld.

la many ways the Hudd@rsCieldNarmw Canal can he compared to the Cotswold Canals. in that they are of a suoilar length and are both bisected by a substantial canal tunnel. The majos difference ts that the northern canal rum through urban areas such as HuddersfieId m the &l and Stalybridge in the west. Them is, however, a whole lot of gloriouf countrys~de to kmk at, particularly amund Siiddleworth, reminiscent of the Cotswolds in many ways.

The other big difference is that the Huddersfiald Canal is nearing the end of its restoration from a state of dereliction at least as bad as the Cotswold Canals, and perhaps worse in placm It is due ns reopen along its f u n h g t h m the Iete spring of next year.

What was my main impression of the walk? The a s t o n a h ~ q amount of effort which has heen necessary to put the canal back through towns where II had heen buried under roads and E?clorres for the past fifty years. Ld Sfalybridge the canal travels t h u g h the mlddle of town

I t n quite lncled~ble ta see the work that has one into clearing the way, installing oew f ocks and making gwd old bridges. It makes

the obstacles impeding the Cotswold Canals restoration look insignificanl by cmnparison! Similar large scale civil engineerkg has slso been necessary in Huddersfield and Slaithwaita.

In many places new locks have k e n built to change the levels to meet the need to negotiate, for instanae, a new road Here thg locks are stnctly utilitarian - lots of oonueto, but when they are full d water and rnah their finishing touehes they are almost as good as the origiaal%tone.

All bridges whether they were o~igb~ally swing b1hIge.s or sot, are be& repI.wcd with permanent fixed structms with sufficient headroom for boats. Probably a wise move in these days d masses of road traffic.

There is, as you would expect, a fair amaunt of dredging work m progress, and as 1 passed 1 picked up a souvemr of my walk -a pieee of coal, a token of wtren the canal was bst used for its mtended wmmemialpur ose When I oame home and asw my & what it was, it took them some time to guess - how times change1

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The Br~tish Oak pub m Bowbridge, Stroud was the venue for a fund-raising evenmg in July. Carlos, the landlord, has been rmsmg money for a specified charity each year by laying on a lavish barbecue. This year he ehose the Cotswold Canals Trust

The weather was not klnd so the Trust sales marquee was erected to provide much-needed shelter. The spread was fantastic; not just burgers and sausages, but salads, rice dishes, sea food, vegetarian ophons and to top it all, a hog roast. A barrel of Arrow Head beer (delivered by b a t to Saul Junctlon an the previous weekend) was aerved throughout the evening.

Prof~t from ticket sales, a raffle, and a cut of Stella lager takings contributed to a E220 dooat~on to the Trust. Thanks to Carlos, Marion, Ben, Lotte, Pam of the British Oak together wbh the pub regulars (lncludutg Jacks on the raffle) and CCT members for making the evening such a success.

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a large enough taik and-a cambinaiion of designs, to covsr for example, the restorallon of a length of canal, would be much more su~tabIe. As the "cl~ent" the canal would only have to be clear about the11 objectives. All the other work, such as surveying, would be conducted by the student

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at Crick 1 Report by Rayid Jowett

Our pdgrlmage to Braunston for the annual Boat Show was somewhat different this year. Although the show was still organised by British Waterways, Tim CogNan of Braunston Marma felt unable to host the show thls year due to the refusal of the local council to grant planning perm~ssion for overflow moorings. This meant a change of venue to Crick. only f ~ v e miles up the road by car hut nearly a day by boat How would the venues compax? What about Braunston's uolque atmosphere? As it turned out, comparisons would he hard to make. Please read on!

A gallant team set off on the Frlday before Spring Bank Holiday to erect the Trust marquee. &splays and sales tables. The weather so far had been poor but worsened The team got a drenching hefore everything was in place. 1 arrived aJ tea time as they kft the showgmund and put up my tent on a very muddy uneven camp site. We did not realise that thlngs could get worse.

Saierday was blustery and showery and the s h w not so well attended as on previous years. Sates were down and new members in short supply. On Saturday evening after a fireworks d~splay, the heavers opened and cantmued to do their worst with non-stop heavy ram throughout the night and well into next morning. Conditions on the camp site were going from bad to worse, but were nothing compared to sane parts of the showgound where some of the low-lying marquees were upder several inches of water. Although our pitch was on higher ground, it looked as if the show might not open at all today because access to the public car parks was difficult if not impossible.

However, we had not reckoned on the comblned might of the British Waterways team and the voluntary groups who were helping to run the show. Between them they dug trenche$, pumped out water from the worst affected areas, squeezed cars on to straw-strewn mud baths in an effort to save the show. The consensus was that, had this been Braunston, the car parks there would not

have coped The public made their way into the w parks or by shuttle bus from emergency park & ride sites and found their way to the show. Luckily, the rest of the weekend saw less rain and conditions improved slightly.

How d ~ d we do? The weather undoubtedly took its toll so that our takings and recruitment of new members were down to about 40% of last year's figures. However, as usual, it wasn't just about figures. Just being there is important to our profile. We were pleased to greet David fletcher. Chief Executive of British Waterways who presented the Trust with a El20 donation from the show. Roger Hanbury, Chief Executive of the Waterways Trust, was also amongst our VIP vlsltors.

Thanks are due to the British Waterways team and their groups of volunteers who managed to keep theshow afloat Many of us had to be towed off the camp site. My personal thank eo to Andrew Aitchison. a boat owner from -~ ~- the marina, who used his four wheel drive vehicle to pull my car off the camp site after it becamc well and truly bogged down

The venue for next year is not known at present. 11 seems that a return to Braunston IS unIikely at present and Crick is not oermn either. Whatever site is chosen, we 4 1 he there!

Sunday morning dcy.5tatim

Technology [ Meets Tradition I Havlng spent almost every weekeod down at Eastlngton on Perseverance, you mlght thmk that my needs for gongoozllog and cruls~og would be satisfied and that crulsrng for free would be enough for any avid canaller. Why then wonld I even conslder paylng out any of Ule "hold-earned" to keep afloat? Havmg decrded to pay for a hohday, what does one do7

Well the log~cal answer is to look m the mbgs or speak to fellow enthusiasts Or go to one of the many nauooal events to visit the trade stands. Or even go completely m e a d and buy one of these thlngs w ~ t h the spare 40k you've got hidden in the sideboard.

As 1 work in the revolutionarv world of e-

Interncl, wold boatyards in sleepy little villages really make use of such advanced means?

Most Canal Trusts and similar organi,atinns now use the Web and e mail lndudrog our own The maln hodies connected wrth our kttle "hobby" also have unpresslve s vmon mcludlng theIWA and of course BW.

So on to the job of searching The obvious big names come to rmnd (www.blakes.co.uk) or (www.hoseasons.co.uk) and you can even h k at wrder scale link pages such as the UK wide (www.ho~aysafloat.co.uk) If you wanfed to get regular updates on deals and some very special offers you can also register wlth a number who put you on an auto email fac~lity that sends you weekly messages offering some very cheap cancellations such as on t h ~ s web page (www.latelink.ca.uk).

1 really fanc~ed the rdea of crulslng thesouth Oxford Canal, bemg near a major city for a break atld crnuing part of the Rlver Thames so a ouick look at a search eneine ~- - -~ -

commerce the ob\ious answer was to use new (wwwlycorcouk) or (www yahoou~uk) world technology lor a nice lung weekend on delivered a wealth of information including new walrr. Now, whcn you think allout the my linal choicc of operator.

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I thought the most impressive web page and contact was w~th College Cruisers right in the heart of the city and by the ThameslSouth Oxford junction at lsis Lock. The fleet Iooked impressive in regal Oxford Blue with each boat named after an Oxford University. So a quick email and the phn was underway.

The very next mornmg, the phone call (onmy mobile of course) established that availability met deslre and a dcal was done! Charl~e from College Cru~sers could not have been more helpful so wbllst m Oxford a few days later I called ln to have a look.

craft and we used his bow as the bridge to Botley Road (well more pubs were c&gQ

So a good time was had by al l and technology certainly helped make the planning stage go so smoothly and produced a very useful contact to boot. Not every avid canaller has access yet to this fantastic technology but not to worry. Charlie Brons at College Cruisers can still help. He hbas one of these things called a phone (01865 554343). ALfernattvely, have a look at www.eoIlegecruisersrom or email inf&oUegecruisers.com. I'm not sure that the phone Idea will ever catch on!

A glor~ous weekend on Worcesrer was had, Technology will meet tradition yet again soon taking in the Thames from Oxford to as I'm planning our next Autobytel UK Abingdon and the South Oxford up as far as Operations Meeting in July. The Team will Lower tieyfdrd. Well almost - some of the come from all over the UK to Blunder h l c many canal-s~de pubs were somewhat and our meeting will take place on drstracttng. We even spent a n~ght m Thrupp Perseverance, but that S another ston.. and had to he impressed when we found that a local event at the BW yard run by the soclety STOP PRESS Charlie says-for CCT Members there was in a d of the Cotswold Canals Truse who like to go last minute, call me on a We had an excellent return trlp l h n g in the Thursday and any available boat will be Dukes Cut route and the Thames from Kings provided for that weekend on a Short Break to Lsis Just to prove how fr~endly life can be for only HALF of the published price". on the canal. when we found it hard to ftnd a good spot In Oxford to moor up for the mght a That's 50% dscount. M~ght he a risk in High Local residential boat owner tied us up to hn Season, b u ~ what a bargain. -

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IS GIVEN OF THE with the written agreement of the person proposed. Proposals must be sent to the

25th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF THE Honorary Secretary. Cotswold Canals Trust. 4 4 Black Jack Street, Cirencester,

STROUDWATER-THAMES & SEVERN Glos., GL7 ZAA CANAL TRUST LIMITED

The following members retire by rotatiolc (CoTSWoLD CANALS TRUST' Kelth Hardmg. Barney Bruce. Jack Telling,

to be held at Dea Pinnock, Robm Halliday

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I. TO receive the Minutes of the 24th Annual The instrument.-a legally correct proxy form. General Meeting appointrng a proxy is obtainable from the

Honorary Secretary not less than 48 hours 2 To recezve the Report of the Conoc~l of before the time of the meetmg. Management of the Cotswold Canals Trust.

3. To recewe the Accounts and Auditors Report.

4. To agree the remuneratzon of the Audxtors.

5. To elect Members of the Counc~l of Management of the Cotswold Canals Trust.

6 Any other busmess

Copies of the aucuunts will he available at the AGcM. .Ucnlberr who require full copicr of the accounts. to be distributed at the start of ihc ~ ~ ~ . . ~~ ~~ ~ - - - - ~ - - ~.~ ~~~~ .. meeting, should apply, in writing, not less than 14 days before the date of the meeting. Requestsshould hesent to the Cotswold Canals Trust, 44 Black Jack Street. Cirenccster. Glos., GL7 ZAA

Notice is hereby given of the Second Annual General Meeting of Cotswold Canals Trust (Trading) Ltd

Venue and date as above. Time: 12.30pm

Agenda: I. To receive the minutes of the first Annual General Meeting

2. To receive the accounts and auditors report 3. To agree the remuneration of the Auditors

4. Any other business

Mew, Membership 7 -

I Mr D. Elmer, Nympsfild, Stonehouse, Glos MS R. Jenkins, Pitchcornbe, Stroud, Glm MS D.A. Sharpies, Ebley, Stroud, Glos Mr E.J. Lees, Stonehouse, Glos Mr & Mrs P.A. Daybell, Amesbury, Wilts

Membership Secretasy Des Piooock Mr & Mrs 1. hven , Upper Cam, Dun le~ , G ~ w Mr S.R. Bright, Cheptow, Monmouthshire

Membershp now totab 2222 an,mcrease of Mr T Maynard Eastington. Stonehouse, Glos some 1x1 since the previous edltlon of the ~1 BR Holder, Rua rdm Woodside, Ruardean, ~ l o s Tmw. - Is a record 'ncrease any One Mr & Mrs P Se-Bach, Slimbridge, Gloucester quarter and we both welcome all those new members llsted below and wish to place on M' DJ. Firman, West m m ~ t e a d , record our thanks to so many long standing Mf D.I. Goodman, Highworth, Swindon, Wilts and new members whoshare our absolute futh A Cooke & A. Thomas, Stroud, Glos m our plans for restoration of our canals. MS D. Hodgsoo, Cuetieester, Glos

Mr R.B. Meadows, Wigan, Lancs Mr & Mrs B. Gay, Stonehouse, Glos Mr P. Ellis, Littleton-on-Scvem, B r i i l MID R Lanner LL.B, Tufnell Park, London Mr D. Chapman, Enfield Lock, Middx Mr R. Davls, Brimscornbe, Stroud, Glos Mr J.D Morris, Eastington, Stonehouse, Glos MI & Mrs J Critchley, London. Mr & Mrs J.P. Pugh, Winey, Oxon Mr P Barry, London, Mr P. Hatison, Littletonan-Severn. Bristol Mr 1 W.R. Fauhead, London, A. Bainhridge & A. Steele, Whitmister, Gloucester Mr H Auskenn, Cheltenham, Glos Mr G. Davis, Elmore, Gloucester Mr P. Dimmock, Gloucester, Mr J. Fraser, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan MS C.S Nu~sw, Market Drayton, Shropsh~re Mr R. Malin, Stonehouse, Glos Mr R. Tanner, Gloucester, Mr & Mrs I.E. Randall, Malvern. Worcs Mr J. Riley. Burghill, Hereford Mr S. Iroos, Clevedon, North Somerset Mr k Stark, Stroud, Glos C Redman & K Rog, Arlingham, Gloucester Mr & Mrs P J Brown, Hempsted Gloucester S.J. Quilter & P.M. Riley, Saddleworth, MsH.J Attwnoll, Arl~ngham, Gloucester Mr R.A. Bevan, Saul, Gloucester Mr N.R. Alltimes, Stroud, Glos Mr G.R. Skuse, Mangotsfield, Bristol Mr H. Marshall, Llanfairtalhirn, Conwy Mr kJ. Langley, Robinswood, Gloucester Mr P Freeman, Rodborough, Stroud, Glos Mr R.] Caradine, Pilwing, Bristol Mr C G K Hwker, Miochinhampton, Stroud, Glos C. Wilkins & G. Stephenson, Mr K.G Isaac & Family, Berkeiey, Glos Buckland, Nr Faringdon, Oxon Virgin~a Currer Marine, Old Windsor, Berh Ms J. Hitchcock, Bradley Stoke, Bristol MrE Davies, Bwkeley, Glos Mr AK. Beard, Strond, Glos Mr D A Moore, Bwkeley, Glos Mr W. Abbott, Stonehouse, Glos MS J.M.Saltsbury, Stroud, Glos Mrs J.L. Suong, Cam, Dursley, Glos Dr G.L Hornet, Sheepscombe, Stroud,Glos Mrs R.k Watts, h, Dursley, Glos Mr T. Stroud, Blunham, Beds Mr 1. Mumford, Gossiigton, Slimbridge, Gloucester Mr A Cox. Earl Shilton, Leics Mr & Mrs RJ . Dunk, St~oud, Glos Mr B.D. Jones, Fleet, Hants Mr K. Moir, Crawtey, Witney, Oxon Mrs G Cnft,Rushden,Northants Subterra Engineering Ltd, Stroud, Glos Mr J.D. Symons,Moulton Chapel Lincs Mr & Mrs P.J. Hanley & family, Stroud, Glos M n $.D Brunsdon, Trumpington, Cambridge Mr S. Bearn & family, Stroud, Glos Mr M Q.M. Greaves, Stroud, Glos Mr G.J. Dudley, Nailworth, Stroud, GIB Mr & MrsR.1 Sav~avage, Wanswell, Berkeley, Glos P. lames & K. Brinsdou, Stroud, Glon Mr E.1 Griffith, Cathays, Cardiff Mr A. Cope, Clevedon, Noah Somerset MT AM.Edwards, Wat'attsville, Crosskeys, Newport Mr P. Madeley, Bath, Mr D W. Coleman, Malmesbury, Wilts CP. Taylor & B. Hathaway, Stroud, Glas Mr & MrsP Westcott. Pinner. Middx Z Child & J Fawler. W o ~ ~ ~ u n d e r - E d n . Gim

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Club 100 winners for the third draw of year 2000 (made at a Western Branch Meeting on Signe Date .............................. 3rd July) were as follows:

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