Tuesday 17th February: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Buried Lock site in Clydach. We will continue to clear the site and, weather permitting, line more of the by-wash.

A dull and damp day today but luckily the predicted heavy rain did not materialise. The volunteers, reduced a little in numbers due to illness and hospital appointments, met at the Swansea Canal Centre and were soon occupied with a variety of tasks. The biggest job, that continued both sides of tea break, was to…

Tuesday 10th February: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Swansea Canal Centre. We have a few jobs to finish off around the centre: 1) Finish towpath edging work that was started this week, 2) Install information board…

Gary and Diane had a wonderful glimpse of a kingfisher on the canal this morning and were truly fortunate to film it fishing! Blink and you will miss it! We all know that these iconic birds live and thrive along the canal but they are hard to spot and seeing one fishing is vanishingly rare.…

The weather today was cool and overcast but, contrary to the forecast, rain free. The bosses (Gordon and Alan) were away undertaking chainsaw accreditation, so the troops were left to their own devices. What could possibly go wrong? Mercifully, nothing at all! We met at the Canal Centre and embarked upon a variety of tasks…

Tuesday 3rd February: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Swansea Canal Centre. In a repeat of last week, the gardens around the Centre need attention and the off-bank behind St. John’s Church needs cleaning in preparation for…