Work Parties - Photo Galleries
(WRG Canal Camp 2011 - Sawmills Gauging Narrows)
This photo gallery shows the work done by WRG volunteers in 2011, during the Cromford Canal Camp that ran 16-23 July. Pictures taken by George Rogers & Colin Hobbs (CH).
Please note that the galleries are due to be updated in the near future to use a better viewing system.
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The work site as it looked by the end of the week - all ready for FCC to continue!
And the completed section of wall from a different angle
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Canal restoration is tiring work, and so we all relax as much as we can at tea breaks! (CH)
, to make two fabulous cakes that were much appreciated by all (CH))
Some relax in other ways - Bryony joined Sue Johnson, our excellent cook (R), to make two fabulous cakes that were much appreciated by all (CH)
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Colin tries his hand at tirforing (CH)
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And Chris soon has a go as well. Chris was one of our Duke of Edinburgh volunteers - as part of which they try as many activities as possible! (CH)
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Bryony and I concrete the first stage (CH)
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And Simran, another DoE volunteer, tries her hand at tirforing as well (CH)
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We also go out in the evenings occasionally - but they still like an opportunity to play with the toys... (Tramway Musem, Crich) (CH)
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Our home for the week was Waingroves Community Centre (CH)
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And there we shared some delightful evenings - this from the opening night where the young'uns were playing cards (CH)
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An interesting feature discovered in the wall - believed to be where the chain would sit when not pulled across the canal to prevent traffic (CH)