Canal restoration Crickheath 16 Aug 2024

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

Liked and subscribed… I filmed some footage of the Lichfield Canal Restoration.. the volunteer work there should be lauded from the roots tops. Yes. The re-watering of smaller sections for testing makes a lot of sense. I cast my mind back to 2020 on the Ashby. They had re-watered a small section and there was a breach. It’s been sorted since and never occurred again. But it was very costly to the section, particularly the fish that died. The locals though, they rescued so many, it looks amazing now, just like this will. Hopefully very soon.

[@PhilPage227]

very interesting vieo, thank you Colin. They appear to be making great progress and moving on a lot faster nowadays.

[@colin125gwr]

yes making great progress

[@btudrus]

ok ,so will they be rewatering only shorter spans of the canal now?

[@colin125gwr]

They got to test the two short Sections but at some point a bridge has got to be put in for the farmer and the next section might not need so much lining as this current section. The sort sections will have to be drained at some point after testing