Boat reaches Wednesfield......slow news day

[matty40s]

Ah, not this year but next May....flotilla of boats even....

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/wednesfield/2021/12/28/narrow-boat-cruise-returns-to-historic-wednesfield-canal/

 

Other Headlines include...Mrs Trusselle Burns Birthday Cake......Car Parked on Double Yellows-Twice

[BEngo]

This is the BCNS led   BCN Explorer cruises re-starting. 

 

Councillor Bateman is a great supporter of his local canal,, and usually visits the Explorer cruises at Wednesfield. He was trying to get mooring improvements at the Wyrley end  of the Bentley canal when we were there a few years back.

 

If you are in need of ideas for some boating, I highly recommend the Explorer cruises. Good fun, interesting and friendly.    Details on the BCNS website.

 

N

[frangar]

This is just the sort of publicity CRT should be encouraging! ….canal’s actually being used for navigation…I applaud the local paper and whoever managed to get them to publish it. 

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, BEngo said:

This is the BCNS led   BCN Explorer cruises re-starting. 

 

Councillor Bateman is a great supporter of his local canal,, and usually visits the Explorer cruises at Wednesfield. He was trying to get mooring improvements at the Wyrley end  of the Bentley canal when we were there a few years back.

 

If you are in need of ideas for some boating, I highly recommend the Explorer cruises. Good fun, interesting and friendly.    Details on the BCNS website.

 

N

And they really look after you if your bothered about being on the BCN. A good way to get a taste of it.

[Heartland]

Well the Main Canal is the Wyrley and Essington part of the BCN. That section was called the Wednesfield Level before the stop lock at Horsleyfield Junction was removed. The boats look like they are at the junction with the Bentley Canal, but then other forms of transport are needed to follow that course. 

[David Mack]

I went down the first 4 locks of the Bentley Canal in a 17ft wooden cruiser in 1974. We couldn't get through the next one as both top paddles were out of action. It wasn't long afterwards that the top 6 locks which survived closure of the rest of the canal were formally closed.

[magpie patrick]

37 minutes ago, David Mack said:

I went down the first 4 locks of the Bentley Canal in a 17ft wooden cruiser in 1974. We couldn't get through the next one as both top paddles were out of action. It wasn't long afterwards that the top 6 locks which survived closure of the rest of the canal were formally closed.

I have a few old Nicholson guides that mark the top six locks as being navigable. I didn't know anyone had actually done it though. 

[David Mack]

4 hours ago, magpie patrick said:

I have a few old Nicholson guides that mark the top six locks as being navigable. I didn't know anyone had actually done it though. 

My crew member on that occasion did it again a while later, along with some other BCNS bods - I think @pete harrison may have been amongst them.

[Alan de Enfield]

[Laurie Booth]

On 30/12/2021 at 11:59, BEngo said:

This is the BCNS led   BCN Explorer cruises re-starting. 

 

If you are in need of ideas for some boating, I highly recommend the Explorer cruises. Good fun, interesting and friendly.    Details on the BCNS website.

 

N

Excellent way of making new friends and discovering the BCN

[Dog]

So, how is Mrs Trusselle now? Has she got over burning the birthday cake?

[Francis Herne]

On 27/09/2022 at 18:27, Dog said:

So, how is Mrs Trusselle now? Has she got over burning the birthday cake?

The Explorer cruise happened as planned, after traversing Wednesfield etc. they all turned up at Bradley just before the BCNS event there.

Here's a photo of the flotilla just after arrival.

Edited September 30, 2022 by Francis Herne

[Chris Lowe]

 

[junior]

Why is this a pinned topic?

[Dog]

On 18/11/2022 at 11:16, junior said:

Why is this a pinned topic?

Because it's very important.

 

I wonder if Calor gas are supplying refills yet?