Coop community fund
Last week 2 of our volunteers Brian and Maria went out to 3 local Co-op stores including Cupid Green petrol station, Queens Square and Co-op Funeral care Marlowes to say thank you to the Co-op Members who voted for us [...]
Sheldrake III Emergency Exercise
Danny Powlesland Reports... On 7th August, we carried out our annual Emergency Exercise on SH3 as we are required to do every year under the terms of our licence. We have great fun thinking up something different each year, but [...]
Living Waterways Award 2019
Members of the Thursday team did some useful work clearing off-side vegetation during 2017 and 2018 using our 12-person passenger boats as working boats. This year, because our boats were in dry dock or having new engines, we asked Canal [...]
WExp gardens in summer glory
If you’ve visited the boat base on a Wednesday recently, you can't fail to have noticed a hive of activity in the garden - and we're not only talking bees here (which are indeed plentiful and active)! Gardeners Judy and [...]
Young Carers weekend
Davina, Brian, Maggie and John enjoyed a great trip with young carers at the beginning of April. Davina wrote this piece as a reminder for us all of the great experiences given to young people through WExp... On Friday 5th [...]
Sally Ash writes…
Last week I had the privilege of representing Waterways Experiences at the Box Moor Trust's Annual meeting where we'd been invited to say a few words about what Wexp is and does. My short presentation obviously kicked off with a [...]
‘Thank you’ from local residents
Maria, a local resident emailed Waterways Experiences... I am a resident of Dickinson House, The Embankment, Nash Mills Site opposite the Lock House. Christine [Thompson] and I have been in correspondence concerning the Nash Mills site and the waterways. 'The [...]