Event

Thursday
19th March
10 am – 3 pm

Email:
Tony Walker
or Phone
07708 320470

Cheshire Locks Workparty

The location will still be Lock 41.

Parking info – I have got permission from Jenna (the landlady of the Blue Bell) for us to use the pub car park for easy access to Lock 41. It can be accessed from the A50 through Kidsgrove. By Sat Nav use postcode ST7 1EG.

If you’re travelling from Crewe/Alsager, take the A50 (Liverpool Road West) to Kidsgrove until you get to Red Bull traffic lights at the crossroads with the A34. Carry on over the lights until you get to the next set of traffic lights at which point turn right into Hardingswood Road. After about 100 yards cross over the narrow canal bridge and turn immediately left. The entrance to the car park is on the right by the Blue Bell Inn.

If you’re travelling from Congleton, take the A34 through Scholar Green until you reach the Red Bull traffic lights, where you turn left onto the A50 (Liverpool Road East) and then follow the directions above.

We will meet as usual at 10-00 a.m. and work through until 3-00 p.m. If you are able to stay all day , please bring a packed lunch and a drink. Be sure to wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and marked with paint. Stout footwear is appropriate and bring along a waterproof in the event of rain.

Friday
20th March
7:45 for 8pm

Email:
David Clegg
or Phone
07429 151313

Talk at Red Bull

See Meetings page for venue details

City of lakes and rivers
(Waterways in and around Berlin)

Following a brief introduction to the early, largely natural river navigations that served Berlin from its founding in the 13^th century, this talk traces the development of the canals and river navigations around Berlin, from the early canals of the 17^th century, through the peak of expansion in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, to final completion of the Mittellandkanal in 2003, following re-unification of Germany.

Having set the scene, we then take a tour along the present-day waterway system, starting with the complex network of waterways within the city, then looking at the links to the Baltic, the Elbe and the Rhein and upstream to the unique waterways of the Spreewald. We will see ports and palaces, locks, lakes and a lido, old and new boat lifts and many other points of interest in and around this fascinating city.

John Pomfret

Contact David Clegg if you wish to join in with the pre-meeting meal.