With the weather looking unpredictable, our small work party decided indoor tasks were a safer option! Mike, Ronnie and Alan T met at the Canal and River Trust depot in Hebron Road to sort out some shelving that could be used in our new Swansea Canal Centre workshop.

They searched through a large selection of Dexion racking that had seen better days, to find a dozen straight and undamaged stanchions to work with. Mike and Alan set to work with power sanders to remove loose paint and surface rust.

It was dusty work, but after each section was prepared we passed them to Ronnie who gave them a coat of black paint.

We’d made decent progress after a few hours, although more uprights will be needed for the size of racking we envisage, and the shelving is also rather rusty and that will need a bigger team effort. But it was a good start and a first step towards fitting out the Centre, which we hope to occupy in the near future.