Year: 2020

There is no such word as can’t

The Basingstoke Canal Society has around 250 volunteers that support the Basingstoke Canal. They come from all sorts of backgrounds.  Terri is a volunteer and has recently self-published a book about her early years that includes service in the Wrens and ten years of long distance sailing. Since her return to the UK in 1977 […]

BCA Update – October 2020

Volunteers and Autumn work We started to make a gradual return to more normal activities on the Canal over the summer with the resuming of volunteer activities. We started with smaller groups for specific tasks and then built up to groups of six and managed to get the work boats such as the Patrol Boat […]

What’s happening in Woking

Tackling a non-native invasive species Volunteers from the Canal Society have been working in cells of 6 clearing the surface weed between the junction of the canal and River Wey and up to lock 3 at West Byfleet, and in parallel they have been working downstream from lock 7 to Woking Town Wharf – and […]

Accessible Boating win Queen’s Award

Accessible Boating Association is based on the Basingstoke Canal at Galleon Marine in Odiham. On 2nd June 2020 it became public knowledge that the Association had been granted the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. It’s a huge honour and acknowledges the efforts put in by all our volunteers for over thirty years of operating. Given […]