Swansea Canal welcomes volunteers from all over the UK and Europe this week. They are part of the Waterway Recovery Group Summer Camp who will be staying at the Ynyscedwyn Scout Hut from Saturday night, the 4th of August to the morning of Saturday the 11 th of August. Their team leader is Ian Gaston...

A lot going on. Down by Pont John bridge we continued clearing up the invasive weeds which are choking the canal and making it look like  a marsh rather than a waterway. Nature never sleeps and we should always try to work with her, but given that a canal is a man-made artifice, it rather...

It may have struck passers by that, since the opening of the new route 43 sustrans cycle and towpath through the Old Highways Depot in Clydach in January (pictured above), there appears to have been little activity at the site. Much, is, of course, going on behind the scenes. We have presented our short term...

    SUNDAY 22ND JULY: Canoes for hire from Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach SA6 5NS. Rafts £10, Canoes £7, kayaks £5 (double), £4 (single). Full details and conditions under Canoe Hire on this Website. First hire 10.30am, Last hire 2.30pm. One mile of beautiful secenery up to Trebanos Lower Lock.           TUESDAY...

                               The state of the canal south of the Mond Lock has deteriorated quickly this summer. Halfway between the Lock and the Pont John bridge the channel is completely lost in invasive American reeds. It is as if it does not exist for about fifty yards. Remedying this situation is not a job that can...

SUNDAY 15TH JULY: Canoes and kayaks for hire in Coed Gwily Park, Clydach SA6 5NS. First hire, 10.30am; Last Hire 2.30 pm. Full details of terms and conditions on this website under ‘Canoe Hire’. Canoes £7, rafts £10, kayaks £5 and £4. MONDAY 16TH JULy: The Canal and River Trust contractors will be on the...

Beneath the baking sun and the spire of St. Peters Church our two work parties spent time over two days clearing the litter, fallen trees and invasive weed from the channel between Herbert Street and Holly Street. Michelle, Ronnie, Mike and Paul met up on Sunday. Here is Michelle’s account of their  work. “This month...

Rhodri was detailed to find the leak today. Some hope. Thecanal water is leeching into the Vale golf course somewhere around the 14th hole. Do not expect a to bounce a wedge shot into the cup on that hole. Things were not going smoothly either at the canoe store where the dumper was having a...

We worked at several places today. At the canoe store the hectic pace of the last day of the Go Canoeing Week on June 3rd had meant that the canoes and kaykas had not be been thoroughly cleaned before being stored away. Gill, Ronnie, Mike, Jaqueline, and Rabbie spent the morning getting everything ship, craft,...

Ryan Thomas, Planning Control Manager at the City and County of Swansea, visited the Old Council Yard site in Pontardawe Road Clydach today, accompanied boy our chairman, Cllr Gordon Walker. The site is now refered to as the Clydach Lock site or more familiarly as the Hidden Lock or Buried Lock site. Of course once...

  SUNDAY 27TH MAY: Canoe and Kayak hire at the Canoe Store, Coed Gwilym Park, Clydach SA6 5NS. Open Canoes £7.00, rafts £10.00, single kayaks £4, and 2 double kayaks £5.00. Full details on this website under ‘Canoe Hire’. Tuesday, 29th May: Canoes and kayays for hire from 10.30am to 3.00pm. Details of terms and...

SUNDAY 20TH MAY: Canoe and Kayak hire from the canoe store in Coed Gwilym Park. First hire 10.30, last hire 2.30pm.  Rafts, canadian canoes, double and single kayaks for hire  along this lovely stretch of the canal up to Trebanos Locks. For full details of prices, terms and conditions see under ‘Canoe Hire’ on this...