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Canal Corporate Volunteers

As a Society, we always enjoy our links with corporate volunteers, and this year has been no exception. Throughout the year, in conjunction with the BCA, the Volunteer Team Leaders have organised, hosted and led a number of successful events for a variety of companies willing to help out on the canal for a few […]

Volunteering with the Society

There Are So Many Ways to Volunteer & Help – It’s Fun & Rewarding If you are interested in helping, please have a look on the website where you will find a list of volunteering opportunities. The roles are all fairly flexible and the crucial thing is that people want to help and ‘make things […]

Drought & it’s effects on the Canal

As widely publicised by the Met Office this summer there has been a prolonged period of low rainfall dating back to last November, with most of England and Wales officially classified as being in drought. Met Office data widely published stated that we (in the south and east of England) experienced the driest 8-month period […]

Special Interim Bulletin

Because of the unprecedented weather, the Society and BCA (Basingstoke Canal Authority) have issued a joint bulletin with guidance for use of the canal in drought conditions. Please note that boat trips by the Society are still going ahead, albeit with some changes and restrictions. To access the Special Bulletin, please click here. You can […]