Welcome to number ten of The Oriel. It’s been a while since our last newsletter, but in the last week or so several things have happened which mean that now is a good time to be reaching for the laptop, uploading photos from the mobile phone, and producing this...

Welcome to number nine of The Oriel. There’s lots to report about, some positive, some less positive, and some ‘the same old’. A Vacancy in our Plant Repair activity The Oriel number eight mentioned the space for someone to work alongside Rachael to keep our...

Welcome to number eight of The Oriel. It’s been too long since the last issue of our e-newsletter for which I apologise. Things should be better from now on for various reasons.Lock chamber at Dauntsey with the completed pavingCanal channel at DauntseyPerhaps the...

Welcome to number seven of The Oriel. The days are growing shorter and the Work Party Organiser now has an even longer drive to and from Wiltshire to lead the work on the canal.  There is a plan to live much closer, but that has had some delays to the implementation. ...

Welcome to number six of The Oriel. The work programme of Wessex Waterways continues – visible work on the line of the canal, and lessvisible work preparing for the tasks we’re doing on the ground and interacting with related organisations. We also have conversations...

Welcome to number five of The Oriel. Wessex Waterways is continuing to deliver and do things. IWA Festival of Water Over the Bank Holiday weekend later in August the Wessex Waterways marquee and display kit were at Perdiswell Park in Worcester. This is particularly...

Welcome to number four of The Oriel. Matt’s work on the financial records continues in the background. He will get there, but we’ve had to reach out to a Chartered Accountant who’s a Trustee of another canal restoration project to give him the benefit of her advice on...

Welcome to number three of The Oriel. Matt has been busy trying to piece together our Financial Report for the year ending March 2020, but has not yet reached the point where we can submit it to the Charity Commission – and similarly we aren’t yet fixing a date for...

Welcome to number two of The Oriel. It’s not long since our First ‘The Oriel’ went out, but already we have more to communicate to our membersand friends. This number includes some photos to show we’ve been busy on the ground – sorry there wasn’tmuch space for photos...

Welcome to The Oriel – the new name for the e-newsletter of Wessex Waterways Restoration Trust. The Trustees feel that a new brand and a new name for our newsletter are needed to set a new and more positive tone for our Charity. The last issue of Trident contained...