Great to see Sam today from Cotswold Canal Updates, a video on the major restoration project coming soon! You can subscribe to Sam here youtube.com/@cotswoldcan...

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Safety is always important and defibrillators save lives, it’s so good that The Poachers on the Llangollen Canal are raising for one to go in at the pub, accessible 24 hours unlike the nearest one. www.aeddonate.org.uk/community-pr...

Tomorrow Morning around 8-830am I will be live from the Tallest Canal Aqueduct in the world. It will be live on my Youtube channel, until then why not watch this video on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4XO...

On my visit to Whitchurch I managed to catch some boat lifts, I filmed it of course on my phone but the sound is terrible as it was so windy! Is this something you’d like to see in a video?

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This is Renishaw on the Chesterfield Canal & is an area where rewatering is on its way. It’s part of the 9 mile missing section from the middle of the canal. The project can be seen in this video youtu.be/o467oe6xF-Q?...

The ever changing Old lock 24 on the @lhcrt.org.uk Every time I visit there’s progress! Amazing work yet again by the volunteers

What a great day seeing so many fish saved, from Perch, Rudd & Roach to Pike & Critically endangered Eels. An amazing thing to see & there are hundreds & hundreds still left to pull out! Thanks to Canal & River Trust for an amazing day seeing so many species saved & returned to our network. 👏🏻

I should have probably of added this map to my post yesterday about fourteen locks. Thomas Dadford Jr liked to build his locks close to rise quickly. He died young at 40 but achieved some good things on the network, he also had some failures like the Leominster canal youtu.be/f8KBwG8Cuxs?...

The mystery lock of Newport is a lock on the Fourteen locks just outside of Newport. Completed in 1799 by the engineer Thomas Dadford JR it raises the canal 50m in just 740m. There’s lots of theories for what it was used for. A video on the locks is available here youtu.be/DKV071aIdpE?...

The Purton Hulks are a collection of 80+ boats, from concrete ships to Severn Trows all sunk on the banks. In 1909 after a riverbank collapse there were fears that the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal would breach into the tidal Severn, so they reinforced the banks with barges youtu.be/w3WElHF4wf4?...

During 2020 one of the major obstructions to the The Cotswold Canals restoration was removed when a new roundabout was built on the A38 to take the canal towards its new route and the missing mile. You can see an explanation here youtu.be/FZTBYcHLkX0?...

More progress on Badgers Bridge on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this is the second bridge being built at the moment and will take the new estate road over the canal at Wichelstowe. Being built by Fox for David Wilson and Barratt Homes

The site of the new swing bridge at Wichelstowe in Swindon is starting to take shape. You can see the narrowing of the piling where the bridge will sit and the piling behind which will support the structure. It’s progressing so quickly! @wiltsberks.bsky.social

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Merry Christmas every one! Let’s hope Santa brings every restoration some new tools and funding! Thoughts are with all the boaters who have been caught up in the breach, I hope you are all having a wonderful day wherever you are, stay safe every one.

Ardlington Marsh lock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this lock is likely to be lost forever due to the proposed Sesro Reservoir. Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature

How awesome is this!! The abandoned but being cleared Grovecommon Lock on @wiltsberks.bsky.social It is being cleared by an absolutely massive IWA WRG dig.Look at those roots, they are beautiful weaving in & out of the crumbling bricks. A perfect mixture of industrial heritage, derelection & nature

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What a summer the @lhcrt.org.uk is having, there’s so much going on now especially with 2 weeks of WRG work camps on the canal! Let’s see more of this amazing canal dug! Incredible Lichield Canal Progress youtu.be/I4KfYJ0guFQ

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It was great to get back on the The Cotswold Canals today to see the fantastic progress at Westfield it was also great to meet ​​⁠CotswoldCanalsUpdates who is working on the restoration of the canal, please give the channel a sub to see what’s happening on the ground! youtube.com/@cotswoldcan...

Would you like to be part of the restoration of a historic dry dock? You can sponsor a tile on the dry dock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social for just £10! Info on how to do it is on the QR code. Your small contribution will be massive for the restoration of this structure, thanks!

Today I got to go on the footplate! Such a cool day, I’m not going to lie I left my wife & kids at the platform when offered the chance of a ride 😂😂 thanks to Chasewater Railway for such a fantastic opportunity! You can book these yourself on the website when available, there’s a video coming soon!

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I’ve absolutely loved today’s trip but 2 1/2 hours worth of footage to be condensed down into a 10-20 minutes video is going to be a challenge 😂😂 getting to cruise the boat through a section was definitely a highlight of my day though! I only crashed a couple of times I promise 😂😂