Articles by Mark.Sherrey

Work party restart!

After months of working alone or with one or two volunteers, Mark our work party manager has today announced the return of our work parties! Due to the government relaxation of Covid restrictions we are able to get back to working on the canal. We are going to be very…

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Paulton votes to restore the Coal Canal!

News Flash !! Paulton Parish Council has £12k to go to a local project. As a local resident, you can vote for the Coal Canal to receive this valuable grant that will help us to restore the much loved canal around Paulton Basin. The Coal Canal plays a big part…

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Exciting times ahead!

We are starting to put plans in action to rebuild terminus bridge, the bridge is located just East of Paulton basin. We will be holding a work party on the 1st Sunday in September to start the clearance of the ground so we can get the scaffolding in place to…

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Work party restart !!

Hello folks, Over the last few days, I have put a lot of time and effort into getting usback on the ground.I have spoken to the* IWA and I have looked at the latestgovernment guidelines* and I am very happy that we can now restart our workparty program in a…

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Covid-19 work party update

Given where we are in the epidemic I would like to ask for a small number of volunteers to make themselves known to me who would be willing to come to a work party to be held 5/7/2020. It may be possible to hold it a week or so earlier….

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ALL EVENTS ARE CANCELLED

In line with government advice, we have cancelled all our forthcoming event. We will update you as and when we are able to put out events program back into place.

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Dunkerton walk

We lead a guided walk today starting from Dunkerton parish hall and ended at the other side of the A367 by the County garden nursery. Although the walk was over quite a short distance it is one of the most fascinating sections of Coal Canal. Bridge under the A367 Dunkerton…

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Lots of events this month!

To kick the month off we have our regular work party, this month we will be at Paulton basin. We also have a walk which is one of the sections of the Coal Canal Way. And last of all a talk by Roger at the working men’s club in Radstock….

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