Entry: 5th November 2018
With Lock 15 consigned to history, we’ve now taken root at Lock 14.
The Waterway Recovery Group have held five, week long canal camps at Lock 14. Working alongside Grantham Canal Society volunteers, this has cumulated in construction of site access and works compound being established. Storage bays for loose building materials and the bywash have been built. The lock has now been isolated with provision of dams either end, and work is well advanced in dismantling what remained of the unsound lock chamber walls.
Two groups have visited over recent days/weeks to view the works: Walkers from the South Lincs Walking Festival and members of the Stratford upon Avon Canal Society.
Dredging and some bank raising work is planned on the half mile pound between locks 15 and 16 over the winter months. This will extend navigation as far as Lock 15.
An official opening will take place during 2019, the date yet to be decided upon.
Entry: 16th July 2018
Friday the 13th – of all days – was the day we’d all been waiting for: upper stop planks were removed, allowing the lock to be filled. A momentous occasion – after three years, working five days a week with almost all volunteer work on site. We also thank the Waterway Recovery Group for their valued input, and the Canal and River Trust, as predominant owners of the canal, we could not do this work without their approval and support by way of project management.
…and it couldn’t have happened without the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund.
