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@RetroRatz 17 сағат бұрын
Superb work ❤
@timcarnell5133 Күн бұрын
Is the bank now back to where it would have been originally, secondly, would that method work out cheaper than the usual piling and finally, will that new bank withstand moored boats when it eventually becomes solid ?
@grahamstroud6217 3 күн бұрын
Great update Howard, and quickly published Andy. 👍
@MartinHolliss 3 күн бұрын
Fabulous environmental update. Inspirational. Many thanks, Howard.
@AdrianHannay 12 күн бұрын
Excellent work and hopefully the next work party will complete the structure with backfill and we need to look at planting the coir. Lots more to do with >400m of bank to repair.
@briansharp7053 12 күн бұрын
Proper Job
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 12 күн бұрын
Thank you 👍
@jean-pierredeclemy7032 2 ай бұрын
Does it have a supermarket cart and old bike seperator? 😁
@NadineWilliamsNadege 2 ай бұрын
Just subscribed. Canals are historically important to our atea as well. Lovely tour. ❤ From Buffalo, NY 🦬 Erie Canal Welland Canal Love Canal 😢 Cheers for a lovely Wednesday!
@westcountrywanderings 3 ай бұрын
Great work Peggy-Sue. Thank you for giving us a tour of the sack house inside. I've always wanted to have a look in here ☺️. Thank you so much for showing us around... That location would have looked amazing when the wharf was in use on the Wantage Arm of the Wilts & Berks. Cheers, Paul
@Disblair 3 ай бұрын
So, has this all been achieved?
@howardwilson5247 3 ай бұрын
Not yet - although not through want of trying !
@wilding-yt 5 ай бұрын
Some beautiful shots especially at this time of year. Just shows how lovely the countryside is around there. I must return for a walk there!
@westcountrywanderings 5 ай бұрын
Great update from the Pewsham site. Lovely work on the dry dock. Interesting to see the galvanised steel supports. Brilliant work as ever. Thank you! Paul.
@Swintech42 5 ай бұрын
The old ways are the best ways, great effect minimal tools.... I love the fact that at the end she just climbed into the tree to lay it.
@Swintech42 5 ай бұрын
Good video, well done guys keep up the good work 👍
@Disblair 6 ай бұрын
Congrats and I hope it brings in some money to your cause.😊😊
@mrellis2463 6 ай бұрын
not sure the lock is in full working order, looks like it's seen better days to be honest even though it's only 15 years or so old.
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 6 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, to keep the lock in best order the wood needed to be kept fully damp. This is done with constant use. Unfortunately the development is linked in (planning and construction) with house construction of which it's being funded by 106 funds. This has been much slower due to the economy. Therefore the lock was not connected up for use. The gates will probably need maintenance. They are still under ownership of the developers at present, as East Wichel has not yet had a handover to the Trust. The time is getting closer and we will assess the gates at that stage.
@PaulB-justme 6 ай бұрын
Hedge laying looks like a (fairly?) easy way to encourage wildlife along the canal side! Thanks for your hard work! 👍
@Daytona2 7 ай бұрын
Thanks everyone, that was really interesting 👍 If anyone wants to follow it on old maps, The National Library of Scotland has them freely available online.
@CourtAboveTheCut 7 ай бұрын
Awesome work, I’m looking forward to seeing more of that bridge!
@Disblair 7 ай бұрын
Great to see the update. A few days work with a chain saw should make a big difference.
@CourtAboveTheCut 7 ай бұрын
Wiltshire and Berkshire canal, have a word 😂
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 7 ай бұрын
It was corrected later on.
@Daytona2 7 ай бұрын
The person who spotted it deserves credit. Do the council own the canal there then ?
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 7 ай бұрын
Yes, From Kingshill to the edge of the aqueduct. The Swindon work party found the sink hole, during routine inspection. A brilliant team of volunteers 😁
@Disblair 7 ай бұрын
CRT not involved?
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 7 ай бұрын
The Wilts & Berks Canal is not part of the CRT network.
@RetroRatz 7 ай бұрын
Well done WBCT and SBC. Interesting times ahead 😁
@andrewvidler 7 ай бұрын
Super proud to be a volunteer at Pewsham locks.
@RetroRatz 7 ай бұрын
What a superb venture and huge bonus to the community and the trust! Well done to everyone involved
@CourtAboveTheCut 7 ай бұрын
Well done all
@wilmal1973 7 ай бұрын
Amazing work 👍
@paulturner7837 7 ай бұрын
Fantastic job done by all. This looks amazing already, will be very interesting to see it in a few years time when it’s fully established
@Daytona2 8 ай бұрын
Good to see 👍 All natural watercourses are wildlife corridors so it makes sense to encourage this as much as possible. But man management can be a two edged sword. I wonder what would happen if the areas were simply left. I guess you'd get a different ecosystem, but not necessarily worse ?
@howardyardy1263 8 ай бұрын
Left to it itself there would be less diversity - hazels and short lived trees gradually dying off as some have. Few flowers for insects and a lack of tree seedlings. The deer are grazing away most of them. By creating different light levels and spaces, the wood can regenerate. Woodland management takes place in about half of the country’s woodland. We must manage them to keep the flora and fauna that has evolved as a result of man’s management over thousands of years.
@westcountrywanderings 8 ай бұрын
This was really interesting to see what other restoration and maintenance goes on behind the scenes on the W&B. Very important work to help with biodiversity because of the increased light after coppicing has been carried out. Thank you. Paul
@CourtAboveTheCut 8 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to see it all open and hope to get on a boat trip as soon as it is!
@MartinHolliss 8 ай бұрын
Wow! What a machine. We'd love to own one of those. Slightly tongue in cheek, would anybody like to make a generous donation to enable us to buy one?!
@MartinHolliss 8 ай бұрын
It will be marvellous for the canal to be extended from the Wichelstowe stretch. Exciting times afloat are ahead!
@MartinHolliss 8 ай бұрын
What a great introductory video. Many thanks, Alan.
@Daytona2 8 ай бұрын
Interesting to see, thanks. I haven't been following closely, but is the route going east to a proposed M4 underbridge then or a new route east out of Swindon, or both ? Perhaps link to a map ?
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 8 ай бұрын
www.wbct.org.uk/enjoy-discover/interactive-map Here's link to interactive map. You can pledge your support as a member from just £1.50 a month and keep up to date ,👍✅
@Daytona2 8 ай бұрын
Thanks Rob, really interesting overview 👍
@barryroberts2314 8 ай бұрын
We should buy a Truxor for the canal trust.
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 8 ай бұрын
That would be lovely 😉
@davidquinn5906 8 ай бұрын
A hundred grand excluding attachments....
@mickkirton7943 2 ай бұрын
Who's "we" ? The amount of money paid into CRT they should buy their own instead of buying pub lunches !
@davidh266 8 ай бұрын
Great job and a bit of firewood too
@davemaloney2382 8 ай бұрын
Good to see plenty of cooperation between boat crews, & forestry gang :)
@brianwillson9567 Жыл бұрын
Restoring 72 miles of one of the longest and most lost of lost canals. What a job! All the best with this venture.
@DanielGlover 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Just had on a John Farrow video. A bit of a canal video watch for me tonight then. 2 videos!. I tried Drayton, Ardington locks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/babHfKiggNyMe68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4etdHpnopuXgbs
@annarboriter 2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the success of similar efforts to restore riverfronts by exposing sections that have been paved over
@larryhicks7558 2 жыл бұрын
I see many areas before that the channel was filled in . Full of spray paint run down report as a crime ridden place . Clean it up put the water back lots of work . Then it becomes a nice area the crime goes away . Nice people move in . Business comes to open up . Jobs are hard to get in today's world. Many benefits. It looks like a great thing to do . People want to come out to walk in the area . Now you have healthy people. That are happy .
@Uftonwood2 2 жыл бұрын
Just as with the stoke of a pen the money can be found for nuclear bombs and new roads built, so we, as a society acting through our elected representatives, could make the stroke that provided the recourses to have this and other relics restored and maintained.
@hildedestecker4168 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the overview, I really liked to listen to this.
@grahammacaulay6162 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the interesting introduction to the Wilts & Berks Canal.
@BrinToo 2 жыл бұрын
You are right about the mile marker in Swindon, pointing to Semington. In the early 70s, when I was at Swindon College, the marker was in the side of Lloyds Bank building which was being demolished to expand the Brunel Centre. I wrote to the Evening Advertiser about saving the marker, it was removed and stored for several years and returned to the other side of where the canal was. A local stone mason re-chiseled the arrow so it pointed the other way. I was very proud to have saved that stone.
@wiltsberkscanaltrust 8 ай бұрын
Thank you 😁✅ amazing ♥️
@chrisbarry9917 2 жыл бұрын
Hi - found it fascinating, then my kepad froze!!