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HISTORIC ROUTE
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TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
THE
VICE PRESIDENTS
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
Chris Coburn MBE
David Drew
Dr David Fletcher CBE
Peter Gadsden
Rt Hon Sir Richard Needham
TROW
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THE COTSWOLD CANALS
TRUST IS A REGISTERED
CHARITY - ITS AIMS ARE:
Saul Junction
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To promote the restoration
of the two waterways to give
a balance between the needs
of navigation, development,
recreation, heritage, landscape
conservation, wildlife and
natural habitats.
To promote the use
of all the towpath as
The Thames & Severn Way.
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COTSWOLD CANALS TRUST
To achieve restoration of the
Cotswold Canals as a
navigable route from Saul
Junction to the River Thames
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To promote for the benefit of
the community, the reopening
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Cotswold Canals Trust
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Help Needed
by Liz Payne
Ideally we would love to find someone who
could complement the above with ideas
about other aspects of fundraising including
corporate and public organisations and
innovative approaches to our members.
Alex Farm - the Eastern Depot
Another task where the Trust would welcome
a volunteer is for a press and publicity officer.
With the restoration gaining momentum
there should be no difficulty in finding
worthwhile stories to send to the media.
I had a severe case of writer’s block and just
couldn’t get my head round penning a piece
for The Trow; this all changed after a lovely
sunny October afternoon tempted me out.
Firstly I visited Alex Farm, near Eisey Lock,
to see the work that has been done to make
the big barn weatherproof and to provide a
home for the new Eastern Depot. Many
congratulations to the team who have
constructed enormous barn doors, based on
the original pattern, and made windows to fit
gaping holes in the walls. The improvement
in the building is a great credit to them.
Looking Towards 2012 !
Much has been achieved this year along the
length of the two canals and we look forward
to even more in the year to come. Looking
forward to the following year, 2012, this is
not only the year of the London Olympics and
the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but also the
40th Anniversary of the Trust. It is our
intention to celebrate this momentous year,
which should also see sections of 1A being
completed, with a Waterways Festival. A site
is being investigated (not Saul) and a team
gathered together to plan the event. If you
would like to be involved please contact me.
The date is 2 - 5 June - note the late May
bank holiday has been moved back a week to
coincide with the date of the Jubilee
(02.06.52), and an extra day’s holiday also
added on.
Cerney Improvements
I next went on the Spine Road Bridge and
walked to the lock at Cerney Wick - WOW, it
looks like real canal now instead of a reed
filled depression in the ground. I met many
local people whilst walking the length; all
were full of praise for the transformation
which is very heartening, because it will take
a while for vegetation to soften the edges.
Funding the Projects
If you are interested in any of these
volunteer jobs please contact me.
Our Eastern Director, Tony Robinson has
worked hard to get funding for the work at
Alex Farm and for the dredging. He is not
the only one who has managed to get
substantial sums of money to support the
restoration. Ken Burgin had nurtured an
offer to provide funding for lock gates over
several years which has now come to
fruition. This is valuable work which takes a
lot of time and effort.
Our fundraising currently focuses on appeals
to charitable trusts and our membership plus
income from our subsidiary Trading
Company, fundraising events, 300 Club and
a Grand Draw.
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A Donation from
Jon Lyons
Cotswold Canals, bit by bit, to Blue House
Bridge and then gave up when he moved to
Spain in 1987.
On his visits to England,
however, he continued to explore the
towpath, walking from Stroud to the Severn
and back one day and from Stroud to
Daneway on another. A couple of years ago
he followed the towpath, as far as he could,
to Inglesham. In November Jon returns to
England again when he will walk Phase 1A.
by Jack Telling
The Trust has recently received £80,000
from Jon Lyons on condition that it is used as
a contribution towards our £800,000
commitment to Phase 1A of the restoration
and to the restoration of Ryeford Lock gates
in particular.
In 2001 a friend, with whom he used to walk
the Birmingham & Worcester Canal, left Jon
some money and he decided to add to it and
sponsor some gates so he could ‘see where
his money went’.
Jon first became interested in making a
donation to enable the purchase of a set of
lock gates back in 2005. This was at the time
when Pike Bridge was being built and the
option for re-gating Pike Lock seemed
attractive.
Another friend, who also enjoyed walking the
Cotswold Canals with Jon, died more recently
and Jon thought ‘another pair of lock gates’.
Jon’s hope is that “one day I will walk from
the Severn to the Thames along a fully
restored and watered canal.”
In the
meantime, as there are no canals to walk
along in Spain, Jon ‘walks in the mountains
and does a bit of gentle rock climbing and
abseiling’.
As time passed, and it became obvious that
the restoration of Phase 1B would not be
imminent, a donation to Phase 1A seemed a
more attractive proposition.
Ken Burgin & Jon last met during one of Jon's
visits to the canal, earlier this year, and it
was agreed that Jon would sponsor the six
new lock gates needed to complete the
restoration of Ryeford Double Lock (seen
below around 100 years ago).
I would like to thank Jon, on behalf of the
Trust, for so generously deciding to support
the restoration of the Cotswold Canals. It is
greatly appreciated. I can assure Jon that
the Trust will continue to work unremittingly
to achieve the full restoration so that his
wish is granted.
Jon lived in Wotton-under-Edge on and off
from 1942 and from about 1977 walked the
Ryeford Double Lock
100 years ago
Jon Lyons
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Chief Executive
Report
Working on the tops of the reinforced
concrete piles - 4 September
by Ken Burgin
There
has
been
some
spectacularly visible work going
on at both ends of the canal in
recent months and with the
prospect of more to come as
new projects get started.
The A46 Stroud Bridge
The Piling Rig in August
Above: The kit which made the
holes to take the 18m piles.
(Ken Bailey)
Four photos on right: The
piling machine arrives and is
manoeuvred into place
(Clive Field)
Main picture: The view looking
towards Stroud town centre.
It’s hard to imagine how
anyone could not now take the
restoration seriously with this
work taking place right on
their doorstep.
Bell House is to the right which
houses the CCT’s new Visitor
Centre. Have you visited yet?
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Anyone going through Stroud
cannot fail to miss the biggest
project on the go at the
moment. The A46 bridge
construction being undertaken
by Carillion for Gloucestershire
County Council, but roughly
two-thirds funded by Stroud
District Council from Canal
Project resources, is making
good progress. The diversion
system seems to cause few
problems and there are some
who think it performs better
than the original traffic system.
The bridge starts to take shape - 11 September
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18 September
25 September
9 October
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Ryeford Double Lock
Upper Mills Bridge, Stonehouse
Another project well under way is the
restoration of the chambers of Ryeford
Double Lock by Griffiths Construction. This
has been dammed off at the lower end a lot
of mud removed from the lower chamber in
particular. There has been a particular
problem at this site with people getting
through and around safety fences in order to
get a better view of the works. Please do not
do this. The towpath will be re-opened as
soon as is reasonably possible once it is safe
to do so.
After much delay caused by various things
including badgers and nesting birds, it is
good to report that work has now started on
building the new Upper Mills Bridge. This had
once been regarded as a serious show stopper capable of endangering the whole
project due to various legal rights preventing
the reconstruction of a moving bridge at this
location.
The lock gates for Ryeford Double Lock are
being sponsored by an £80,000 donation
from Jon Lyons who now lives in Spain but
who visits and walks along the canal most
years. This is a most generous donation and
a very useful contribution to the overall
£800,000 CCT commitment to Phase 1A.
Above: The cill at the top of the locks - still
in remarkably good condition (Ken Bailey)
Left: The upper chamber on 2 September.
The wall to the left was rebuilt in the early
1990s (Ken Burgin)
The Trust has a particular interest in this
project as it carried out preliminary design
work and liaised with the Upper Mills
Industrial Estate and other landowners to
identify the fixed bridge solution that is now
being built. The bridge, which is being
constructed by Britannia Construction under
a £400,000 design and build contract
awarded by SDC, is expected to be finished
around the turn of the year. There is still an
opportunity to make a donation to the Upper
Mills Bridge Appeal but leave
it too long and the job
will be done.
Photos taken 13 October
Below: Lots of brickwork to complete in the
upper chamber, 2 September. (Ken Burgin)
Above: The piling rig
Left. Excavating to the
west of the bridge
Below: The canal will be moved slightly
to the north here (right) and the
deviation to the canal can be seen by
the line of piling which is to the
right of the original bridge
(this side of the excavator)
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One Wall complete (Ken Bailey)
Gough’s Orchard Lock
Phase 2 - Dredging Project
WRG spent three weeks working on Gough's
Orchard Lock in the summer and this is now
substantially complete with the walls
restored and the coping stones back in place.
The whole thing looks very smart and a great
deal of money has been saved through the
use of volunteers on this project. The main
outstanding job is the restoration of the
overflow weir but this is technically quite
complex because of the effects on the
supporting ground of adjacent developments
so will be left for contractors to carry out.
From the start of September, a major
dredging project has been under way on the
pound between the Spine Road and Cerney
Wick Lock towards the eastern end of the
canal. This CCT project has involved the
Trust's own floating dredger working
alongside more conventional diggers. This
has been a hybrid project using volunteers in
combination with a couple of plant operators
on contract to enable a great deal of
progress in a relatively short period of time.
WRG at work (Ken Burgin)
This project has taken a while to organise as
it has required a number of wildlife studies as
well as liaison with Scottish & Southern
Electricity under whose 33KV power lines
some of the canal and bank side areas pass.
The project has been made possible through
their co-operation, the Cotswold Water Park
Society, which helped us with the wildlife
issues, and the Co-operative Group which
provided a £10,000 contribution and upon
whose land the work is taking place.
The amount of silt and the condition of the
canal bed along the length varies
considerably and the outcome of the work is
not expected to enable the permanent
refilling of the whole pound with water. It
should result in a reduction in the incidence
of flooding and more visible water at the
Spine Road end. The canal bed at the Cerney
Wick end suffers from low banks in places
and, in places, little or no evidence has been
found of any clay lining over the underlying
gravel. In the absence of an all year round
water supply, it is inevitable that much of the
pound will only have water in it for part of
the year, and that at a reduced depth, until a
lot more work is done. About half way along
the pound, work carried out by volunteers is
progressing well on the restoration of an
original overflow weir. The tunnel carrying
the water under the towpath has been the
main focus so far and towpath users will
soon be able to cross over it rather than
having to use the short diversion around it.
Effort will then move to restoring the weir
itself which lies between the towpath and
adjacent stream.
The whole Cerney Wick Pound project has
involved lots of people from both ends of the
canal and, amongst other things, has created
training opportunities using the diggers and
the dredger.
Dredger at work (John Maxted)
Waterway Recovery Group Work
Camp in July (Ken Burgin)
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Photo Above: Ken Bailey
All Others: Ken Burgin
Phase 2 - Eisey Lock
Phase 2 - Inglesham
Eisey Lock has benefited from three weeks of
Dig Deep/WRG work camps in the summer
and this has seen the main towpath wall
rebuilt more or less up to coping stone level
to match the offside wall. There is still plenty
to do and work has only recently started on
the lower gate recesses and tail walls
although the lower wing walls were
completed long ago. The hope is that all the
work at Eisey Lock will be completed in 2011
as originally expected.
Advance planning work is also under way for
work at Inglesham. The IWA are working
towards a target of £125,000 under the Tom
Rolt Centenary appeal - more information
can be found through links at our website or
www.waterways.org.uk.
The Trust now owns nearly a quarter of a
mile of the canal bed upstream of Inglesham
Lock so the challenge is not to just restore
the lock chamber but also to put it, and the
canal above, into full working order. This is
quite complex and will require a range of
regulatory consents from the local planning
authority and the Environment Agency. A
briefing document has been produced as a
first step toward achieving these.
Joint meetings with the IWA and WRG are
taking place to plan the actual work on the
ground. Some elements do not require
regulatory approvals and could, in theory,
start more or less immediately subject to
wildlife surveys. However, approvals will be
needed to dam off the canal from the
Thames to enable the de-watering of the lock
chamber. Listed building consent is likely to
be needed even for relatively minor repairs
to the bridge. Planning permission is likely to
be needed for various things including the
new boat landing stage needed below the
lock to provide safe access to the lock for
boat crews entering from the Thames.
Water Transfer
The public inquiry into the Thames Water
Water Management Plan finished in mid
August with closing statements by all the
parties including CCT. Its importance to the
Cotswold Canals project is that one of the
more promising, but not adopted, solutions
to the shortage of water in the upper Thames
area and the south east more generally
would be to use the canal to transfer water
from west to east. The outcome will take
time to emerge but our local MPs have been
briefed, as have others, so we await the
outcome with interest.
Thank You
As always, a great deal of thanks are due to
our volunteers who are so key to the success
of the project whether through physical
restoration work, planning and engineering,
running boat trips, sales, promotion or other
activities. Also we are very grateful to those
who help fund the project through their
donations or legacies.
Left: The Inglesham appeal latest (14 Oct) from the IWA website.
Right: Two good sports pose in front of the appeal banner at the IWA Beale Park show in
August. That’s Clive Henderson (IWA Chairman) and Mike Palmer (WRG Chairman)
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A46 BRIDGE
Cotswold
Canals
UPPER MILLS
BRIDGE
showing restoration
phases
RYEFORD
DOUBLE
LOCK
MEETING POINT
OF THE TWO
CANALS
GOUGH’S ORCHARD LOCK
DREDGING
PROJECT
LENGTH
EISEY LOCK
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Thanks to our
Donors by Jack Telling
IWA Award
Many thanks to our Donors who have
contributed so generously to the Cotswold
Canals Trust
The John Heap Salver was presented to Clive
& Jill Field on Saturday 25 September at the
IWA AGM in Market Drayton. The award is
made to an IWA member who, in the opinion
of the Board of Trustees has made an
outstanding contribution to raise money or to
producing ideas to raise money.
by Liz Payne
Hugh Conway-Jones
Mr J. E. Smith
Jon Lyons (see article on Page 5)
Grateful thanks to Mrs Jarvis of Siddington
for the donation of a strimmer to the Trust.
300 Club
Administered by John Carter
The quarterly draw was made by Mr John
Crellin - a Perseverance crew member - at
the Trust's Western Branch meeting on
Monday 4th October 2010. The result is:
1st £485 Mr J.E. Stanier, Chalford, Stroud
2nd £243 Mr K.J. Ellis Woodleigh Kingsbridge
3rd £81 Mr P Watts Newtown, Eastington
There again has been an increase in the
number of Trust members who participate in
the draw, and that is why the first prize is up
from £405.00 in July.
If you wish to join the Club please note that
the preferred method of payment is by
Bankers Order. Full details, and an application
form, are on the Trust website.
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The Nomination: We hereby nominate Clive
and Jill Field to be jointly awarded the Salver
to reflect their leading role in the eleven
successive Saul Festivals that not only
promoted the restoration of the Cotswold
Canals but raised a total of £150,000 towards
that restoration. Originally the brainchild of
Neil Ritchie, the Saul Festival developed year
by year under Clive and Jill Field's direction
and effort and by 2008, its final year, involved
more than 400 volunteers, 38 managers, and
a monthly steering group over ten months to
make it happen.
Under the management of Clive Field and his
and Jill’s day to day involvement the Saul
Heritage Centre continues to attract an
increasing number of visitors. During 2009
more than 15,000 visitors were recorded. The
centre has a dedicated team of volunteers led
by Clive and Jill and plays a valuable role in
providing displays to interpret the historical
significance of the Gloucester & Sharpness
and Cotswold Canals. It is also a valuable
source of trust membership recruitment and
income as well as promoting the restoration
activity.
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Membership Report
Membership Secretary Des Pinnock
5635 - A New Record!
Our Membership now stands at 5635 - this is
a record in spite of the recession causing
many losses each month.
I can only say a massive thank you to all
those new members listed below. Your
support will help us to plan further
restoration beyond the six miles stretch
which is now so obviously being worked on.
Do please stay with us - canal restoration is
not a rapid procedure.
The new Centre at Wallbridge Lock is
responsible for many of these new members
and it is from this vantage point that our
restoration can be seen as a reality.
On Line Banking
With many of you now doing Banking this
way, I am sometimes asked whether you can
set up your own Bankers Orders. The answer
is yes. The details below should be entered
to make the payments.
Bank
Sort Code
Account No
Account name
Barclays Gloucester.
20 33 83
80867861
Cotswold Canals Trust.
Whatever month you choose for your annual
Subscription, I will move your payment
month to suit.
May I request you give your Bank a reference
to quote as your membership number
followed by initial and surname.
Do please let me know what to expect and
try to avoid the last couple of days in the
month.
Welcome to New Members
David Bliss, Dorsington, Warks
Roger Harvey, Keynsham, BRISTOL
Colin Scrivener, BROMSGROVE, Worcs
Andrew Fisk, STROUD, Glos
Ken & Kate Back, Minchinhampton, STROUD, Glos
Val Hibbert, Battenhall, WORCESTER
John Talbot, Battenhall, WORCESTER
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Brian A. Fletcher, STROUD, Glos
Chris & Richard Brinton, STROUD, Glos
Kevin Bevington, STROUD, Glos
Carol Riggs & Geoff Durston,Almondsbury, BRISTOL
Jane Yarham & Andrew Long, STROUD, Glos
Robert Hay, Longlevens, GLOUCESTER
John Wilkinson, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Jennifer Key, North Anston, SHEFFIELD
Martyn Court, Churchdown, GLOUCESTER
Peter Jones, Woodchester, STROUD, Glos
Richard & Jane Scantlebury, SALTASH, Cornwall
John Cole, STROUD, Glos
Geoff & Jan Dyer, STROUD, Glos
Theresa & Keith + (Dan & Josh) Hart, STROUD
Stephen & Susan Hurt, STROUD, Glos
Joseph Pedder, STROUD, Glos
Norma Mills, STROUD, Glos
Owen E. Dyer, STROUD, Glos
Gerald & Joan Murray, Almondsbury, South Glos
Keith & Barbara Radwell, STROUD, Glos
John Ashford, DURSLEY, Glos
Rev. Peggy & Dr Brian Ludlow, Rodborough, Glos
Peter Fewings, DURSLEY, Glos
Dennis Thorpe, CHELTENHAM, Glos
Patricia & Patrick Stow, Chardstock, E. Devon
Tom Jarman, Selsley, STROUD, Glos
Pam Jones, GLOUCESTER,
Steven J. Pollard, STROUD, Glos
Chezzy & Svetlana Kostetsky-Brownen, STROUD
Frank Carter, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Terry Jeffery & Catharine Blezard, STONEHOUSE
Nick & Sally Pearse, Eastington, Glos
Ian Ferguson, Hucclecote, GLOUCESTER
Philip Jones, GLOUCESTER,
Sandy & Wendy Buchanan, Bromsberrow Heath,
LEDBURY, Herefordshire
Mike Earnshaw, Sandiacre, NOTTINGHAM
Lorna Gray & Jeremy Brookes, CHELTENHAM, Glos
Mike & Chris Yorke, Cricklade, SWINDON, Wilts
Glenda M. Combe, CHELTENHAM, Glos
Luke Fielder, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Gregory & Aileen Horn, Thornbury, BRISTOL
Robin & Pauline Thomas, Thornbury, BRISTOL
Beth & Martin Whittaker, STROUD, Glos
Paul & Pippa Sater, Somerford Keynes, Glos
Peter Millard, STROUD, Glos
James Tabor, Painswick, STROUD, Glos
Gordon Smyth, TRURO,
Brenda Cox, STROUD, Glos
Tony Hudson, STROUD, Glos
Sylvia & Ron Burton, STROUD, Glos
Edwin Lucas, SOUTHMINSTER, Essex
Philip Catherall, BIDFORD-ON-AVON, Warks
Gerald Fox, Portland, Oregon 97219
Margaret Cox, STROUD, Glos
Martin Duncalfe, Minchinhampton, STROUD, Glos
Michael & Molly Povey, PORTISHEAD, N. Somerset
George McLeman, Goring-on-Thames, READING
Joanna MacDouall & Chris Aldridge, READING
John Dilley, TORQUAY, Devon
Paul Harry, BRISTOL,
Christopher Vale, Creigiau, CARDIFF
Irena Rasiewicz, GLOUCESTER,
Adele Vines, STROUD, Glos
Alison Kirby, STROUD, Glos
Watson & Eileen Carlill, STROUD, Glos
Katy Horton-Falokes, Redland, BRISTOL
Susan Ward-Davies, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Elvin Young, Hempsted, GLOUCESTER
Natasha Wilson, STROUD, Glos
Barbara J. Holmes, STROUD, Glos
Barry Clarke, WITHAM, Essex
Jon, Sarah, Henry & Darcie Kemp, Brimscombe
Anthony & Jenny Gaston, Severn Beach, Sth Glos
David Champion, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, Glos
Jane Organ, Motueka,
Ingrid Skodbo, STROUD, Glos
Paul Fletcher, STROUD, Glos
Richard & Elizabeth Goodfellow, CIRENCESTER,
Norman & Georgina Mansell, Nailsworth, STROUD,
Peter & Gill Barrett, STROUD, Glos
Paul Carter, STROUD, Glos
Sheila Wynter, STROUD, Glos
Dave & Sue Cole, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, Glos
Finn Willmott, STROUD, Glos
Chris & Karen Hutchens, Chalford, STROUD, Glos
Nicholas & Tina Vowles, Dudbridge, STROUD, Glos
Adam & Natalie Phillips, Bisley, STROUD, Glos
Paul Shevlin & Pammy Michell, TEWKESBURY, Glos
Tony Flower, LONDON,
Robert & Elizabeth Boon, Abbeydale, GLOUCESTER
Malcolm A. Wright, Minchinhampton, STROUD, Glos
Jennifer Field, Saul, GLOUCESTER
Arthur Beecham, Chalford, STROUD, Glos
Kate MacDuff, Painswick, STROUD, Glos
Michael & Helen Matthews, HONITON, Devon
David P. Morgan, Shefford, Bedfordshire
Steve & Julia Evans, Brownshill, STROUD, Glos
Chris Thursby, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Chris Easton, READING, Berks
Barrie & Diane Stanton, SOLIHULL, West Midlands
Sarah Gay, STROUD, Glos
Elizabeth Laing & Bob Jeffrey, Painswick, STROUD
Henry Walker, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Maria Hunter, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Masano Hedges, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Sheila Gallagher, STROUD, Glos
Barbara & John Bailey, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria
Mr & Mrs Peter & Jo Curtis, GLOUCESTER,
Bill & Rachael Howgego, King's Stanley, Glos
Peter Gould, STROUD, Glos
Clive & Julie Holland, Nth Woodchester, STROUD
Valerie Moores, Cam, DURSLEY, Glos
Jenny Maidlow, King's Stanley, STONEHOUSE, Glos
Adrian Ezard, CIRENCESTER, Glos
Jonathan, David, James Power, Tisbury, Wilts
Shirley A. Carrington, St Thomas, Barbados
Jenny Ferrett, Dudbridge, STROUD, Glos
Geoffrey T. Gillman, STROUD, Glos
Peter Burger, STROUD, Glos
Beryl Vernon, STROUD, Glos
Mark A. Smith, STROUD, Glos
Fabrizio Daniele & Melanie Hamm, STROUD, Glos
Alan & Trudy Callender, STROUD, Glos
Kenneth J. Chaplin, Shurdington, CHELTENHAM
Peter Cruttwell, , HEREFORDSHIRE
Kimm A. Wainwright, Groby, LEICESTER
David McGovern, Madley, HEREFORD
Eileen Curry, DURSLEY, Glos
Brian R. Hatfield, MARLOW, Bucks
Francis Crick, SWINDON, Wilts
Martyn Forster, KEYNSHAM, N.E, Somerset
Charlotte Hough, STROUD, Glos
Kevin & Jean Roseblade, Rodborough, Glos
Hannah Gray & Karl Goodbun, STROUD, Glos
Angela Robotham, Staple Hill, BRISTOL
Brian & Tracey Wakely, STROUD, Glos
Tim LLoyd, Thornbury, BRISTOL
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Why Not Remember
The Cotswold Canals
Trust in Your Will?
Legacy Guide
The full restoration of the Cotswold Canals
cannot be taken for granted. For nearly 40
years the Cotswold Canals Trust has fought
for the restoration and the recent start to the
full restoration of the canal, led by Stroud
District Council, between The Ocean,
Stonehouse and Brimscombe Port is a major
step forward.
(a) as a specific sum or item of value such as
jewellry or shares, or
Leaving a legacy to the Cotswold Canals
Trust is an ideal way of passing on the
maximum benefits of your estate as it will be
entirely free from inheritance tax. You can
make a bequest either:
by Jack Telling
The coming years will also be full of
opportunities to link Stonehouse with Saul
Junction and Brimscombe to Inglesham and
we must be in a position to respond with
significant matched funding. It is also very
important that we continue to restore
structures and purchase land along the
Thames
&
Severn
Canal
between
Brimscombe Port and Inglesham. What we
can achieve will depend heavily on voluntary
gifts and legacies from our supporters.
(b) as the residue of your estate i.e. what is
left after all your specific bequests have been
made and debts, tax and costs accounted for.
If you would like to leave something to the
Cotswold Canals Trust simply ask your
solicitor to include your bequest in your will.
If you have already made a will it can be
amended, without having to make a new
one, by means of a Codicil.
This can be
done through your solicitor or by completing
a simple form which can be obtained from
the Trust Office. Contact details are:
Tel: 01453 752568
E-mail: [email protected]
Loads of Logs
by ‘The Logman’
The log delivery service is up and running
again, following its success last winter. On
the assumption that adequate supplies of
wood remain available, sales will continue
through until April/early May 2011.
For further information please visit the
Trust’s website at www.cotswoldcanals.com
and follow the ‘Logs for Sale’ link; from here
you can make an enquiry or indeed place an
order.
This website is available even if you can only
access a computer from, say, your local
library but if this is not feasible then by all
means give me a ring on 01452 505322.
Orders are dealt with on a first come first
served basis.
Bequests should be made payable to
Cotswold Canals Trust (Reg.Charity No.
269721)
As a charity we rely on voluntary
contributions to provide funds for the
restoration of the Cotswold Canals.
By
including us in your will you can have the
satisfaction of securing these canals for the
enjoyment of future generations.
Upper Mills Bridge
Appeal
Our grateful thanks to the following for so
generously supporting the Appeal (since the
Autumn 2010 edition of The Trow)
David Hargreaves
Katie & Nigel Holt
Graham Stansfield
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Trading Co. Results
Turnover
by Jack Telling
sales consist mainly of books, clothing & memorabilia.
CCT (Trading) Ltd is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Cotswold Canals Trust with
five ‘divisions’, each led by a manager.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Saul Heritage Centre
Roadshow
Trip Boat Inglesham
Trip Boat Perseverance
Log Sales
With the exception of Saul Heritage Centre
(where sales include confectionery, teas and ice cream)
(Clive Field),
(Mike Slade)
(Ron Read)
(Rob Burgon)
(David Pagett)
To complicate matters a little sales income is
also derived from:
a) Sales associated with the Inglesham boat
trips at Lechlade,
b) Postal Sales,
c) Talks given by Bruce Hall and others
d) Sales to other retail outlets.
I have extracted the following information
from the full Accounts prepared by Little &
Co. (see website www.cotswoldcanals.com).
I have analysed ‘Turnover’ in more detail.
Saul Heritage Centre:
a) Sale of clothing, books, memorabilia etc.
b) Ice cream & confectionery
Roadshow
Lechlade
Talks
Postal sales
Other
Trip Boat Inglesham
Trip Boat Perseverance
Log Sales
Total Income
15,455
12,269
3,901
824
137
1,024
1,264
11,908
9,387
2,385
58,554
Mail Order Online
Here are a couple of ideas for Christmas
presents available by Mail Order from the
Trust’s website www.cotswoldcanals.com
You can buy these and other items online
using Paypal or by sending a cheque,
payable to CCT Trading Ltd to Bell House,
Wallbridge Lock, Stroud, Glos., GL5 3JS
together with your name and address. Prices
here include P&P. Don’t forget that we have
a large stock at the Trust’s outlets at Saul
and Bell House in Stroud.
Cost of Sales
Books, Clothing, Memorabilia etc.
Confectionery & Ice Cream
Other
Trip Boat Inglesham
Trip Boat Perseverance
Logs
Total Direct Costs
12,082
6,802
812
2,422
4,761
305
27,184
Total Income
Total Direct Costs
Gross Profit on Sales
Other Income (Grants & Donations)
Total Gross Profit
Other Expenditure (incl. admin costs,
58,554
27,184
31,370
550
31,920
depreciation of assets, accountancy fees,
refurb of Saul Heritage Centre
& insurance)
12, 190
Net Profit
19,730
The Net Profit of £19,730 is an excellent
result. The previous year’s net profit of
£21,862 included £10,217 from the 2008
Saul Festival. There was no Festival in 2009
to contribute to profit.
The sum of £19,730 will, in due course, be
transferred to the Cotswold Canals Trust.
Trading Company activities rely on the hard
work of volunteers who are too numerous to
name individually. Thank you for your
commitment and dedication.
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THE STROUDWATER THAMES & SEVERN
CANALS FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
Edwin Cuss & Mike Mills £13.99 EACH
Back in print after many years, Volume
1 has 160 pages and 240 images whilst
Volume 2 has 128 pages and 200
images.
Get them while they are
available.
THE STORY OF
BRIMSCOMBE
PORT by Graham
Hobbs for the CCT
£4.95
Published in May by
the CCT, this book
has received great
reviews in the local
and national press.
The softcover book has 52 pages with a
smart laminated cover, 5 maps, 25 old
monochrome photos and 25 in colour.
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Dredging the
Cerney Wick Pound
by John Maxted
The annual flooding of the towpath under
Spine Road bridge and of the Gateway
Centre car park, near South Cerney, and on
occasions the properties adjacent to the car
park, has resulted in the Co-op as landowner
providing a level of funding for the canal bed
to be dredged between Spine Road bridge
and the lock at Cerney Wick.
Quotations from contractors showed that
only a short length of the pound was likely to
be cleared within the budget available, so a
decision was made to clear the bed using
mainly volunteer labour.
The five week
dredging project began on 6th September
following the delivery and ‘launch’ of the CCT
dredger, plus a 20 tonne excavator. The task
has been complicated by the presence of live
33KV power cables alongside or across the
canal bed for the first 700m of the 1270m
pound. This has required operational height
restrictions to be imposed on the dredging
machinery, and for the dredging of two short
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sections of the bed to be incomplete whilst
the power remains on.
Some 40% of the material to be removed
has been in the first 200m of the bed, with
the clearance here taking two weeks. Spoil
is being placed on the off-side bank where
space permits, or moved lower down the
offside bank where it is restricted. The Coop has agreed to landscape the spoil during
2011 following a period of settling.
As the history of the pound shows that the
400m of bed towards Cerney Wick readily
loses water and is most often dry in
September, the second period of dredging
started close to the lock and made rapid
progress up the pound by the excavator
operating from the canal bed. The presence
of ground water then slowed progress and
dredging reverting to being managed from
the off-side bank.
The four small photos by Ken Burgin show
the kit used and the overflow weir which is
being restored
The two large photos by John Maxted show
the scene before and after dredging started
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The work has not been without technical
difficulties on both the dredger and
excavator, causing some loss of working
time. Despite this, the canal bed does now
better resemble a canal bed with the rain of
early October watering the canal from end to
end, something not seen this early in the
year for a long time, and without flooding the
towpath under Spine Road bridge.
More remains to be done, and, as the last
week of the project was about to begin, all
efforts were on clearing as much of the bed
as possible. There will be residual tasks to
complete, not least the raising of the
towpath in many places and the laying of a
top surface on what is a very popular walk
for visitors to the Gateway Centre.
Long before dredging began wildlife surveys
were conducted in full co-operation with the
Cotswold Water Park wildlife team to ensure
no evidence of badgers, Great Crested
Newts, water voles or nesting birds was
present. It is expected that with a clear and
watered pound wildlife will quickly return.
An optimistic heron has been sited at the
water’s edge two days after the early
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October rain watered the bed, so we have
reason to be hopeful!
The works, whilst leaving the towpath in a
less than good state in places, has been
strongly welcomed by nearly all walkers who
are keen to stop and ask what is happening
and what will happen next. There is strong
support for a fully restored waterway. This
public enthusiasm could not have been
achieved without the skill and hours provide
by an expanding team of volunteers who
drive the machines, set levels, tidy the
towpath and generally provide a happy face
to the CCT. But we can always use more
volunteers as they will be needed to
complete the dredging and to provide a
sound towpath when power is switched off in
late October.
Please offer your help and we will achieve a
significant milestone in dredging a mile
length of canal, and at the East end!
Page 28: Photos by Ken Burgin
Page 29: Top photo by Ken Burgin
Other photos by John Maxted
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