Tuesday 13th October: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am in Coed Gwilym Park. The gardens need attention but the main task will be to prepare a base for additional canoe and kayak storage.

Today was another game of three halves, with the added bonus of miserable drizzle up to tea time. Moira and Sharon battled against the elements to weed the Canal Centre gardens, this time without photographic proof. Most of the action was further up the canal. Alan, Aled and James continued to build the dividing wall…

Sarah from Threadofheaven ran a blanket making workshop on Saturday in the Swansea Canal Centre. Everyone enjoyed the day, especially the lovely buffet! The blankets were knitted from scratch during the session! Find Sarah on Facebook.

Tuesday 6th October: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at either the Buried Lock where work will continue stone facing the central wall and dragging weed from the cut or the Swansea Canal Centre where the fence will be painted and…

Today was very similar to last week with, with volunteers at the Swansea Canal Centre, the Buried Lock and the towpath. At the centre, the first task was to clear the passageway between the building and the fence. The area had become a dumping ground for all that junk that “might come in handy one…

Today’s work party was another story of two halves. At the Clydach lock there was a familiar scene – Lance on the mixer! Plenty of mortar was needed as Alan and James continued facing the channel central wall in stone, but this time they had Aled helpfully backfilling with mortar and rubble. Gordon used a…