The Government have announced that we will enter a second “lockdown” period on Thursday 5 November 2020 for at least 4 weeks to combat the growing numbers of Covid 19 infections. Whilst not quite the same as the first lockdown in March/April this will still restrict normal activities on the Canal, as people are largely […]
From 23rd October both John Pinkerton and Kitty will be out of service as we undertake our annual winter maintenance. We will accept requests for dates in 2021, though all bookings will be subject to current Covid restrictions, which may reduce our passenger numbers from the nominal maximum of 50. Charter trips booked so far […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Hampshire Theatre Group’s first public performance since Covid lockdown was held on Saturday 22nd August when they gave two open air performances of ‘Its Up to Us Now’ in the delightful grounds of Hatchwood House, Odiham, by kind permission of Mrs Veronica Parsons. Written and directed by JP crew member Roger Stanwell as the […]
Terry and Pete Inskip recount their recent cruise along the Basingstoke Soon after we were allowed to stay overnight on a boat, on 20th July, we decided to take Rodessa up to Odiham Castle and back. After nineteen weeks of isolation, it felt like we were going on a big adventure. It was a beautiful […]