Welcome
The arctic conditions still show no sign of releasing their grip on Britain, with frozen waterways bringing much of the system to a standstill and perhaps rather more seriously, slowing down essential maintenance works during the ‘stoppage season’.
Nevertheless, summer is coming and we can look forward to warmer conditions, when we can enjoy the waterways with their waters flowing again, and workers and volunteers can get on with their jobs of maintaining and restoring their chosen parts of the system.
We make no apology this month for celebrating the achievements of the Waterway Recovery Group, celebrating no less than 40 years of co-ordinating the diverse activities of a wide variety of enthusiastic volunteer groups all with the aim of making sure that more of our waterways are available for the enjoyment of more and more people.
In particular, we highlight the WRG's very successful 'Canal Camps', surely an excellent way of spending a week, meeting new people and learning new skills.
There will be new challenges in the future, but there is no reason why the achievements of the next 40 years should not be just as dramatic as the last 40. Keep up the
good work!
Brian Sharpe
Towpath Talk Editor
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