Week ahead Sunday 27th January to Saturday 2nd February 2019
Tuesday 29th January: Meet at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach for breakfast between 8 and 9 am. Work will be in Coed Gwilym Park, where we will continue to repair the canal bank.
Work Party Tuesday 22nd January 2019
This week we returned to Coed Gwylim Park in Clydach to continue the repair and rebuilding of the canal bank along the towpath. The weather was overcast and there was a brief shower of rain but it did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the twenty volunteers who appeared on site. We were visited by...
Work Party Sunday 20th January 2019
The team met up at 10.00am at Herbert Street bridge in Pontardawe. The weather was unusually mild for late January and the sun ventured out as the morning progressed. We spotted eighteen pairs of mallards and a grebe on the canal. The Work Party concentrated it’s effort on the canal just above Herbert Street bridge...
Week ahead Sunday 20th January to Saturday 27th January 2019
Sunday 20th January: Michelle will be leading a work party in Pontardawe. Meet her at Holly Street bridge. Tuesday 22nd January: Meet at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach for breakfast between 8 and 9 am. Work will be in Coed Gwilym Park, where we will continue to repair the canal bank. Kevin Phillips from CRT...
Work Party Tuesday 15th January 2019
The day was slightly overcast but the temperature was quite mild as we gathered at the Boat Depot in Coed Gwilym Park. Perfect working weather! Gordon set up the mixer in preparation. Our goal this week was to continue with the re-building of the canal bank on the towpath side running north towards Trebanos. Doing...
Week ahead Sunday 13th January to Saturday 19th January 2019
Tuesday 15th January, Work Party meets at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8.00 and 9.00am. Work will be in Clydach Buried Lock Site
Work Party Tuesday 8th January 2019
This week’s working party, our first in the new year, took place up at Ynysmeudwy Upper and Lower locks (numbers 12 and 13 respectively). We continued the task of removing encroaching weed from the pound between the upper and lower locks. The massive build-up of sedge, couch grass and rye grass had reduced the width...
Week ahead Sunday 6th January to Saturday12th January
The Annual General Meeting will be held at Vardre Rugby Club on Monday 7th January 2019 at 7 p.m. Work Party meets at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8.00 and 9.00am on Tuesdy. Work will be at Ynysmeudwy Lock.
Week Ahead 24th December to 6th January
There will be no work parties on Tuesday 25th December or Tuesday 1st January.
The week ahead Sunday 16th December to Saturday 22nd December
Tuesday 18th December Work Party meets at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8.00 and 9.00am. Work will be in Clydach Buried Lock Site NOT Ynysmeudwy as previously stated. There will be no Work Parties during the Christmas and New Year period. Work parties wil commence on Tuesday 8th January,
The week ahead Sunday 9th December to Saturday 16th December
The work party will meet at Brownsters from 8.00am to 9.00am. They will then go to Ynysmeudwy Upper Lock.
The week ahead Sunday 2nd December to Saturday 8th December
The work party will meet at Brownsters from 8.00am to 9.00am. They will then go to Ynysmeudwy Upper Lock, where they will continue with clearing the weeds and laying sleepers.