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ANGLIANANGLIAN
CUTTINGSCUTTINGS
Ipswich Branch Newsletter
Winter 2013 No. 124
The IWA may not agree with the opinions expressed in this publication. They are, however, published as
a matter of interest to our members and readers. Nothing printed can be construed as policy or an official announcement unless stated.
The IWA accepts no liability for any matter in this publication.
Bosmere Lock in Winter
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YOUR COMMITTEE
Chairman -
Chard Wadley
Secretary & Anglia Cuttings Editor -
Charles Stride
Treasurer
Spencer Greystrong
Membership
Clive Saville
Publicity
Brian Holt
Social Secretary
Diana Holt
River Gipping Trust
Lewis Tyler
Pickerel Project/River Stour Trust Brian Cornell
Officer
Gerry Crease
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IWA Ipswich - http://www.waterways.org.uk/ipswich
IWA IPSWICH BRANCH
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C H STRIDE
My thanks again to all those who have
contributed to this edition and I have to
say that I am impressed by our area,
especially as we have no main line canal
connections.
In this edition we report on the
successful conclusion of a major historic
craft restoration, well done the River
Stour and the Pioneer Sailing Trusts,
whilst at the same time representatives of
the recent successfully launched Bure
Navigation Conservation Trust have set
their eyes on resurrecting the Norfolk
Keel, another historic local craft that has
regretfully disappeared from our waters.
Work on the Gipping continues apace
with the River Gipping Trust having
three separate restoration programmes in
hand, whilst, at the same time
progressing long term ambitions under
the ‘Realising The Dream’ programme.
More successful restoration work is also
continuing in the North of our area on
the North Walsham & Dilham Canal but
here they have run into problems with
the local EA representatives issuing a
’STOP’ restoration notice based on a
new EU Law under the Water
Framework Directive. In a nutshell this
Directive seems to restrict restoration to
the state of the waterways in 2009!!
A Public Enquiry has been held and we
await the outcome, but if it goes against
restoration then it could possibly affect
EDITOR’S
PONDERINGS
any or all of the many canal and river
restorations taking place throughout the
country—IWA Council and Canal &
River Trust please note. (Editor’s note
and views — Why don’t those EU
bureaucrats in Brussels go away and sort
their own problems out and leave us
alone?!)
Do any of the IWA Branches have as
much going on as we do in our rural
patch? We certainly cannot claim to be
the driving force behind all this activity.
It is clearly down to all the volunteers and
the efforts of the various Trusts as
reported in this edition of Anglian
Cuttings but we do have an interest and
supporting role.
Next year our Branch will be celebrating
it’s 40th Anniversary and, as the
Chairman has written, we are looking for
suggestions as to how we can mark the
occasion. Please give us your ideas.
We also need to look at how the Branch is
going to continue into the future. We have
been very lucky with the support and
interest that we have had from many of
our members, but most of the Committee
have been in place for a considerable
number of years and feel that it is time for
new blood and possible new ideas. Please
take the recent members letter seriously
and consider coming on to the Committee
so that we have continuity towards the
next target of the 50th Anniversary.
Charles Stride
A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
The IWA Network is a vital focal point for local activities and lobbying.
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CHAIRMAN’S JOTTINGS
What will 2013 bring after such an
eventful 2012? Will the new charity, the
Canal and River Trust, work hard and
maintain and improve our waterways?
There are many questions pending and
we must hope the outcome will be
positive. We also hope the River
Gipping Trust will continue with the
excellent restoration work on the River
Gipping which we are supporting.
Following the letters you have recently
received regarding the request for
members to join our committee, I hope
we will have a good response at the
AGM in February.
2014 is Our 40h Anniversary. Do you
have any ideas of how we could
celebrate this event? Any ideas please
let one of the committee members know.
The annual dinner is at the Compasses in
Holbrook on 9 March and I plan to have
a menu for you to choose from at the
AGM.
The next big event will be the coach trip
to London in May, which Diana and
Brian have organised, and I look forward
to seeing you on the coach. I hope the
weather will be kind to us and it will be
dry with some sunshine thrown in.
On Sunday, 14 July we have the
gathering of the Australian Canal
Society at the ‘Blue Lias’, Stockton.
Here we will be joined by many
Australian friends including the
President Jan Roden. Some of the
Australian members will hire narrow
boats to attend the event and there will
also be many branch members with their
boats.
I would like to finish by wishing you all
a very happy New Year.
Bye for now
Chard Wadley
I hope you all had a very good Christmas. Carolyn and I, together with our
friends Joan and John and Pauline and Charles, went to Buxton in Derbyshire for
Christmas where we spent a very enjoyable five days in a lovely hotel.
BRANCH OUTING MAY 11/12 2013
With many thanks to Brian & Diana Holt, they
have once again organised a Branch Weekend
Outing for May. The trip includes Tower
Bridge, a boat trip to Greenwich, a visit to the
restored Cutty Sark, and then on Sunday a visit
to the Kew Pumping Station and a Musical
Instrument Museum.
Fully Booked , Standby Requests to Brian & Diana Holt.
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A copy of an 18th century Survey map
of the River Gipping, measuring approx
64”x 13” had been purchased privately
and presented to the Trust. We are
currently in negotiation with the
Museum of East Anglia Life at
Stowmarket to incorporate this into a
display, hopefully in the Bobby
Building, to feature the past, present and
future of the waterway together with an
audio/visual presentation.
Our Website continues to be
continually up-dated by our Treasurer,
Spencer Greystrong and is well worth
visiting – a recent addition is the
inclusion of a version of an 8mm film of
the River which has been passed on to us
by our friend Ted Nash, Town
Councillor of Needham Market and who
was involved with Quintons during his
working life.
The condition of the towpath causes
concern and we are considering how,
with our limited man-power, we can
ensure that this is safe and accessible for
the ever increasing number of walkers
wishing to visit this picturesque area.
The recently introduced Walking Maps
produced in co-operation with Marpa
(Mid-Anglia Rail Passengers’
Association Walks) have proved
extremely popular necessitating a re-
print.
‘Realising the Dream’ continues to be
great interest to us and to this end we are
now awaiting approval of our plan from
TRUST NOTES
the Environment Agency. Then a
specification is to be required before we
approach a consultant with a view to
obtaining a feasibility study. This is of
course is going to involve a cost of
possibly £ 12,000 – 17,000 at which time
we will be in a position to approach
Heritage Funders.
The sponsorship of Trail-boat Festival
on the Gipping. is another item of future
interest A possible site would be at
Bramford – currently Bramford Parish
Council has taken over management of
the Bramford Open Spaces from the
Suffolk County Council and has agreed
to form a limited company to run it for
them. We are awaiting for this to achieve
Charitable Status before we get further
involved.
Lewis Tyler
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7.30PM THURSDAY 13TH JUNE 2013
NEEDHAM MARKET COMMUNITY CENTRE
Guest Speaker Dr Charles Beardall
Area manager for the
Environment Agency
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RESTORATION
REPORT
The second half of this year has seen
much progress with our two main
projects, the replacement of the old
timber sluice gates at Baylham Mill and
the completion of the bank works below
the lock chamber
The new sluice gates for Baylham Mill
were finished at White House Farm in
the Autumn and with the help of Dale’s
truck and the farm’s High Loader, safely
transferred back to the work hut at
Baylham, pending a break in the weather
sufficient for us to start the installation.
We have already started preparing the
site, with bank clearance around the old
sluice, removal of the old decayed
timber frame, and the preparation of a
lifting gantry to help with the main
timbers. The bank clearance has
revealed the remains of an old eel trap
and associated outbuilding, installed we
think in the 1950’s by the then mill
owner in a deal with a jellied eel
merchant in the east end of London.
Meanwhile water levels in the river
remain much higher than usual, as the
wet summer has been followed by an
even wetter Autumn and Winter. This
may delay the installation of the new
frame for a while though we hope to
start work in earnest immediately after
the New Year
The work adjacent to the lock chamber
at Baylham is now nearly complete.
The final construction work involves the
re-laying of a brick surface below the
old bridge. Again we were on target to
finish this before Christmas, but the
weather has held us back and we need
two clear days when decent weather
and the right skills combine, just to
finish off the last two bays of brickwork.
On a separate project , this year saw the
completion of work to the Pipps ford
overbridge, with all four flank walls re-
built, the deck cleared, new wooden
handrails constructed and the exposed
metal beams treated. The land owner is
keen to see the work here extended to
return the immediate area around the
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lock to its historical setting and we have
had lengthy discussions with the
Environment agency on how to achieve
this in the light of the European Water
Quality Framework. Two site visits
later, they have conditionally approved
the application, so this will form a major
new project for the coming year.
Back at Baylham, we recently had a
visit to site by the senior trustee of the
landowner that owns the lock and its
surrounding area, and he has expressed
an interest in restoring the mill itself to
working order. If this is successful , it
would be the final piece in restoring this
historic group buildings to its
appearance in the heyday of its working
life.
So , all in all its been another successful
year with interesting projects completed,
and more exciting things planned for
2013!
Happy New Year!
Martin Bird
One for Boat Owners—The silent killer lurking on your boat.
A few weeks ago a friend of mine, who lives on his Narrowboat, was woken at 3am in
the morning by the CO alarm in the bedroom sounding. He got up, checked the boat
and stove to see everything was OK. The alarm in the bedroom refused to silence but
the one in the lounge was fine. He opened the back doors to ventilate the bedroom but
still the alarm refused to silence, so he decided to see if it could still be heard from the
bed of the canal.
He then brought the alarm from the lounge to the bedroom and that behaved exactly
the same, sounding off and not silencing on the button. At this point they opened all
the boat's doors and hatches and tried to keep warm under the duvet until it was time
to get up.
When they finally got up they noticed that the stove had not burnt in its usual way and
was almost impossible to get it to burn up. It was then that he noticed a tiny amount of
smoke from the body of the stove. He emptied the stove of its burning contents and
discovered that a crack had appeared in the body.
He has since replaced both the stove and the two CO alarms that wouldn't silence as
they both received a water test to quieten them. He later found out that the alarms are
designed not to silence if the CO level is above a predetermined level, so were not
faulty at all.
One interesting point was that the alarm in the bedroom was mounted about 3 foot
from the floor by the bed and sounded, but the one in the lounge with the stove was at
5 ft from the floor and didn't sound until such time as it replaced the one in the
bedroom. Brian Holt
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On Thursday morning 27th September,
nearly 100 years after the Stour lighter
fleet was scuttled at Ballingdon, the
restored lighter John Constable was re-
launched at Great Cornard, after a two
year rebuild at the Pioneer Sailing Trust
in Brightlingsea.
This hugely significant milestone in the
restoration of through navigation on the
River Stour has been made possible by
the efforts of many people and a
generous grant from the Heritage
Lottery Fund. That grant is part of a
larger group of works first proposed by
the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty (AONB) and Stour
Valley Project in 2008, with the grant for
all the works being £910,000.
The Trust is one of many member
organisations of the project with an
active responsibility or interest for this
area.
The restoration was carried out by the
Pioneer Sailing Trust at Brightlingsea,
who specialise in wooden boat
restoration, and they have produced a
beautiful vessel, with the elegant curves
of her bow and stern and her fine black
and grey paintwork. An immense amount
of work and study went into the
reconstruction, which is very accurate
and includes the detailed design of the
hatch covers that is unique to this craft.
The construction of oak clinker planking
and heavy oak frames is massively strong
and this will give her a further long and
productive life.
Although Stour lighters always operated
in pairs, the one restored would have
been the foremost of the two. As such It
has two holds, with the after-hold now
having seats fitted for passengers, and a
centre well for the helmsman. At nearly
47ft long and 10ft beam – a bit narrower
than the original - she will be able to fit
in any Stour lock today.
River Stour Trust Restoring and conserving the River Stour Navigation
THE LIGHTER ‘JOHN CONSTABLE’ In the Autumn edition of 2010 we reported on the planned restoration of the
’John Constable’ Lighter and last summer we gave an update on how work was
progressing. Now Mike Finch and Nick Temple describe a historic occasion for
the Trust, and for the River Stour Navigation.
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The Launch
The launch took place at the Visitor &
Education Centre after two days on
display at Ipswich Docks where she
created a great deal of interest and TV
coverage.
The lighter arrived from the builders on a
low-loader lorry and was craned into the
mill leat, 27 months after her removal
from the same spot.
The crane driver said the unladen weight
was 6 tons.
The event passed off smoothly with – we
believe – the least disruption to local
residents. Many people watched the
launch, from the Trust and neighbouring
houses and 15 of them sat on the edge of
the lighter to allow the marine surveyor
present to perform a stability test. She
passed that easily, as the original could
take a load of 13 tons. It is planned that
the boat will carry 12 passengers at
present, as this is the maximum allowed
before you move into a stricter set of
operating regulations, but the lighter
could obviously carry more if this was
thought desirable in the future.
There was much speculation about the
depth she would float at, and this turned
out to be about 10 inches.
In order to demonstrate a lock passage
she was then manually hauled and poled
into Cornard Lock, and a complete lock
cycle was operated, almost certainly the
first time a lighter has passed through a
lock at Cornard since 1913. Once again
that went without a hitch.
Since John Constable is wooden and of
clinker construction a small amount of
leakage was expected as the oak planks
swell and the joints tighten up. In the
event the leakage was very small and as
I write (two weeks later) is reduced to a
cup or two of water a day.
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The Future
The Trust plans to operate the lighter as
a trip vessel, starting in spring 2013. We
take the view that an active boat is far
better than a static display at showing
everyone what the navigation was like -
and she will earn her keep as well. But it
is just not possible to draw her by horse
over any great distance due to the lack
of a towpath – the same problem the old
navigation company had and never
properly solved – so twin 10 horse-
power electric outboard motors with
batteries and control systems have been
fitted by the Thames Electric Launch
Company (many thanks to Emrhys
Barrell).
Trials are underway at present to
familiarise crews with their operation,
and assess what else will be essential
for practical use. The first indications
are very positive; it takes about 3hp to
propel her at 3mph, which shows how
efficient a hull shape the old boat-
builders produced, but the reserve of
power is vital for stopping and starting.
And of course the electric power is
completely silent, with no pollution of
the river or local surroundings.
As the lighter is a much bigger and
more demanding craft to operate than
our existing boats, careful training will
be vital for its safe operation, and
preliminary familiarisation trials are
already underway for the crews
selected.
We look forward to seeing a lighter
once again doing useful work on the
upper Stour for the first time since
1913. Since it is believed that the John
Constable was at least 100 years old
when she was sunk in 1914, she is now
likely to be 198 years old, making her
probably one of the oldest vessels in the
world today still afloat and working.
Mike Finch & Nick Temple
This Article first appeared in Lock Lintel, the River Stour Trust magazine, and is reproduced with their permission.
Photographs by Emrhys Barrell For more information, visit: www.riverstourtrust.org
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Bure Navigation
Conservation Trust
BNCT is now going forward with some
conservation work on the navigation
which will include the provision of
facilities for walkers and in the longer
term the extension of the existing
riverside footpath all the way in to
Aylsham. Currently access is possible
from Horstead lock to Burgh although
the path is poorly maintained in places
and there are some access disputes
which are being resolved. It is a
designated path and a beautiful walk
providing the weather allows it to dry
out! We will be providing interpretation
boards at key locations to reflect the
history, flora and fauna of this beautiful
river. BNCT are able to provide speakers
if you would like a talk and there is no
charge although donations are not
refused. Copies of the Navigations's
definitive history which was researched
and written as part of the 2012 project
are available. The book is entitled "Sail
and Storm" and costs £15 plus p&p. A
wonderful DVD - "A wherry for
Aylsham" is also available for £7.99
plus p&p - full detais from
Stuart Wilson
(Acknowledgement to Harry Crow)
The Keel was a class of trading boat
dating back to medieval times which pre
-dated the wherries on the Norfolk and
Suffolk Broads. Their design owes a
great deal to early Scandinavian
influence but none are left.
There is a moribund Norfolk Keel Trust
which was responsible for the lifting of a
sunken Keel in the early 1980's
however, sadly, nothing was done with
it and it met its final demise when it was
burnt as being totally beyond any saviour
in September 2012. There is a small
group of people interested in seeing
another Keel built, the next in class if
you like. Such a boat would be ideal for
use by the disabled and could become a
significant community resource on the
Broads as well as filling an important
niche in the historic boats afloat.
The intention is to re-launch the Trust in
early 2013 and the existing trustees are
co-operating with this. It will not be a
cheap or easy project but everything has
to have a beginning so from the ashes of
the last Keel a pheonix will grow.
If you are interested in getting involved
please contact
Stuart Wilson
Norfolk Keel
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The OCC bought the canal from
Swafield Bridge to Ebridge Bridge a
couple of years ago, with the intention of
returning the canal to its former
navigable state, and returning water to
the restored Bacton Wood Mill, as a
Millers’ Right. From Swafield to the
breach above Royston Bridge the canal is
in water, and as recent as 2011 was
partially de-reeded by the Environment
Agency (EA). Above the bridge the
water is diverted into a side soke, re-
entering the canal below Bacton Wood
Lock. From here to Ebridge the canal
was mainly reed filled as the reach had
been lowered in 2006, as the water had
been flooding nearby farmland, due to
lack of bank maintenance.
Since acquiring the canal the OCC has,
with help of the North Walsham &
Dilham Canal Trust and East Anglian
Waterways Association’s regular work
parties plus visits from the London
WRG, but mainly through its own
efforts, undertaken considerable work.
The length from Ebridge to just below
Spa Common Bridge has been de-silted,
and water returned to spillway height.
Bacton Wood Lock has been rebuilt
(around 70,000 new bricks re-laid), new
top gates manufactured from ex Cromer
beach groynes, and fitted. The Royston
spillway mainly rebuilt, in order to
prevent water escaping from the canal
proper and the quay heading for the old
Wherry Inn replaced to prevent the canal
waters undermining the garden and
subsequently the Wherry House building
itself. The canal profile at the Wherry
Inn has been re-instated, as has the canal
above Royston Bridge to the diversion.
A ducting carrying the water from a land
drain from the north of the canal to the
south of it will have to be replaced under
the auspices of the LDB as the existing
culvert is some two feet above the bed of
the canal there.
EA STOP NOTICE OCC’s plans for 2012 was to complete
the de-silting of the canal to Bacton
Wood Lock, testing the banks by raising
the water level, then undertaking repairs
to the spillway, dealing with leaks,
replacing the top gates of Ebridge Lock
and other associated works. However,
the EA issued a STOP notice in April,
on work being carried out on the “River
Ant”. This prevented any further work
being undertaken on the Ebridge Bacton
Wood reach, which ironically included a
request, issued three days later, by a
different EA office to attend to some
leaks.
PUBLIC ENQUIRY
A Public Inquiry “to hear evidence in
relation to an appeal by the Old Canal
Company Ltd against an Anti-Pollution
Works Notice” was held in Wroxham on
7th and 8th November 2012. At the
North Walsham & Dilham Canal The work being undertaken by the Old Canal Company (OCC) on its upper
section of the North Walsham & Dilham Canal must be the largest private
restoration scheme in the Country.
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Inquiry, one of the main reasons given
for the “stop” notice was that, under the
Water Framework Directive, the canal
could only be restored to the state it was
in in 2009, when the pound was low. In
fact, one national EA official pointed to
the overgrown watercourse below
Ebridge Bridge and stated that this is
how the canal should have been de-silted
i.e. just the 2 metre width the water was
occupying, not to the original dimensions
of the constructed canal! The result of the
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE We gladly welcome all our new members
From Norfolk: Mr. H. O. Saville.
From Suffolk: Mr. K. L. Mahoney ; Mr. J. A. & Mrs. M. H. Fletcher.
A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All
Clive Saville
Inquiry is expected in early 2013.
As a result, work parties during the latter
part of the year have been mainly
assisting with the quay heading and
spillway work, and tree clearing within
the Royston Bridge area, plus some
general maintenance at Briggate (where
the old granary was recently demolished
by the District Council) and Honing.
Ivan Cane
EAWA Work Party Dates for 2013:
Please check with the EAWA Work Party Organiser, David Revill, 01603-738648,
[email protected] prior to the day in case there are some last minute changes.
These are the dates for the projected work parties for the first half of 2013. As there
are so many variables at the moment the locations of some of the work parties are not
yet set out! All work parties are held on Sundays.
Jan 13 Bacton Wood Lock Jan 20 Royston Bridge
Feb 3 Royston Bridge Feb 17 Bacton Wood Lock
March 3 Royston Bridge March 24 Briggate
April 7 Honing Staithe Cut April 21 Honing Lock area
May 5 tba May 19 tba
June 2 tba June 16 tba
David Revill. January 2013
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EASTERN REGION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Eastern Region of
the Inland Waterways Association will be held on Wednesday 20th March 2013 at
the Peterborough and District Indoor Bowls Centre, Burton Street, Peterborough
PE1 5HA at 7.30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Apologies
2. Approval of the Minutes of the AGM held on 14th March 2012
3. Matters Arising from those Minutes
4. Chairman’s Report
5. Election of Committee Members (see notes below):
The Chairman of the Region is elected in a separate ballot and the Chairmen of each of
the branches within the Region are members of the Region committee ex officio. This
is an election for the remaining members of the Region committee.
Under the 3 year rule the period of office of those elected at the 2010 AGM comes to
an end at the forthcoming AGM. Those elected in 2010 were: John Hodgson, David
King, Nigel Long and Peter Webb. All of those individuals are eligible to stand again
for election [although Nigel Long has indicated that he will not be standing].There is no
limit to the number of members of the committee and therefore no limit to the number
of those who may stand for election.
It is no longer necessary for those who wish to stand for election to be nominated and
seconded but all who wish to stand must agree to do so. Consents from members of the
Region who wish to stand for election at the AGM 2013 must be deposited with the
Region Secretary [Nigel Long 7 Georgian Court, Peterborough PE3 6AF or by email at
[email protected]] before the start of the Annual General Meeting
CONSENT FORM
I agree to stand for election to the Eastern Region committee at the 2013 Annual
General Meeting. I am a member of Eastern Region
(Sign) ----------------------------- Print Name ------------------------
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DATES
for your
DIARY
BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS 2013
Branch Meetings held at the Community Centre, School St., Needham Market
At 7.30, unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY 11TH JANUARY 2013
Fish & Chip Supper
FRIDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2013
Branch AGM
SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 2013 12PM —Compasses Holbrook
Annual Dinner
Bookings to Chard Wadley
SATURDAY 11th / SUNDAY 12th MAY 2013
Members Annual Outing - See Page 4 for more details.
Contact Brian & Diana Holt .
OTHER DATES
SUNDAY 31st MARCH—Sudbury
River Stour Trust—Discover Constable’s River
SUNDAY 12th May
River Stour Trust—John Constable Launch Ceremony
THURSDAY 13th JUNE 7.30pm - Needham Market Community Centre
River Gipping Trust AGM
1st
2nd
WORKING PARTY DATES Working Parties are held by the River Gipping Trust from 0900 to 1700
every Wednesday and on the first Saturday of each month, unless that
Saturday is a Bank Holiday in which case it will then be held on the second
Saturday of that month.
For further information and to confirm dates contact Martin Bird
Tel: 01394 380765 Email: [email protected]
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USEFUL WEBSITES
IWA Head Office - http://www.waterways.org.uk
Waterway Recovery Group - http://www.wrg.org.uk
River Gipping Trust - http://rivergippingtrust.org.uk River Stour Trust - http://www.riverstourtrust.org
East Anglian Waterways Association –http://www.eawa.co.uk
Aylsham Navigation - http://aylsham-navigation.norfolkparishes.gov.uk River Waveney Association -http://groupspaces.com/RiverWaveneyTrust/
IWA Peterborough Branch - http://www.waterways.org.uk/peterborough/
The Broads Society - http://www.broads-society.org.uk
The Australian Canal Society - http://www.auscanal.org.au/
The Canal & River Trust - http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/
DEFRA Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - http://www.defra.gov.uk
The Inland Waterways Association is a non-profit distribution company limited by guarantee.
Registered Office; Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. HP5 1WA Tel: 01494 783453 Web: www.waterways.org.uk
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