Exciting News For *Gongoozlers

*People who enjoys watching activities on the canal, particularly at locks. (Link)

On Mon 2nd/Tue 3rd May, look out for two colourful, noisy, 12m long dragon boats in Wigan.


Dragongoozling

The 18 strong crews are travelling the length of the Leeds-Liverpool canal to raise money for a North West Blood Bikers service - www.nwbb-lancs.org

Heading from Parbold, the boats will pass Wigan Pier and go out towards Haigh onto Chorley.

"Any support on our route through will be greatly appreciated." (Wigan Today)

Volunteers are needed for this year's Leigh Canal Festival - Sat 10th & Sun 11th Sept - Link

Mick of WW Forum reported the canal in Ince was drained on Sat morning (16th Apr) - Photos

Burscough Heritage Weekend Sat 18th & Sun 19th Jun,
celebrating 200 years of the Leeds Liverpool Canal (from Local Life, Wigan, May 2016 - Link):





www.burscough-wharf.co.uk / Facebook / @burscoughwharf

Talk about the history of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, 9th Jun, 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Link

Eldonian Village Hall, Burlington St, Liverpool, L3 6LG

As part of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bicentenary celebrations join Mike, a renowned canal historian and author, and explore the history of this fascinating waterway.

* The Transpennine Challenge starts this Mon 2nd May! Donate here - Link *


Liverpool Echo Photo

www.transpenninechallenge.co.uk / Facebook

The Canal & River Trust recently moved its NW office across the canal to Trencherfield Mill - Link:

* Watch out for the dragon boats in Wigan later today (Mon) & first thing tomorrow (Tue) *

'Any support in Wigan on our route through will be greatly appreciated, we will arrive in the borough on May 2 from Liverpool and then spend the night here and travel on to Chorley the following day.' (Wigan Today)


Heritage Day, Mon 2nd May, 11am-4pm, Trencherfield Mill www.wiganeventsguide.com

Visitors can view proposals for the 4 Our Forces facility, which may be built next to the mill.

The way to the new Waterway Offices.



Did anyone see the dragon boats on their way through Wigan? I missed them!

Kirkless Heritage Day, Sun 10 Jul, 10am-4pm: FB event / Kirkless.Friends.Group

"A traditional narrow boat" Whoever wrote this knows nothing about boats as narrow boats are usually 6ft 10 inches wide and Kennet is double that.

What's On - Wigan Museums & Archives - Link



Britannia Bridge Inscription near to Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan - Geograph Photo

Under the modern metalwork, this inscription on the stonework reveals that the Britannia Bridge (SD5805 : Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Britannia Bridge Bridge#53) was opened on October 22nd, 1816.

I wouldn't mind attending that thanks Jo anne

It does sound interesting, Erontquay (only 10 weeks away now)


The Desmond Family Canoe Trail - C&RT Link
Working with nearly 2,000 young people to create the country's 1st ever coast to coast trail.

The 150 miles' trail will connect Liverpool to Goole along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and Aire & Calder Navigation. It will take the average paddler between 5-7 days to complete.


@CRTCanoeTrail 5/8/16

Have your say:

'We want to find out what you think about the canal and what we're aiming to do' Survey

Another fun event on Fri 21st Oct, 10.30am - 3pm, cheer the Kennet through the Wigan Flight
Link

Tell it to the Water, Fri 19th Aug, 10am - 4pm: FB Event

Find us along the canal bank, near to Trencherfield Mill

Sharing your hopes and dreams for the future, placing them directly into the Leeds Liverpool Canal through a creative performance later in 2016.



Tell it to the Water is a creative project for the Bicentenary with artist Jeni McConnell - Link
We're asking people to share their hopes and dreams for the future of the canal which will then be placed directly into the watery depths as a performance in late September. Come & find us, write your message, choose your cargo of coal or limestone and dip into the box of mile post numbers to see where your message will be given to the water.

Collected messages are stored in lovely tall glass jars - messagesinjars
If you are curious to know which canal section your message will be placed into, this link should help canalsections and there's a link below each map to take you directly to the images of the wrapped messages. If you'd prefer to look at all the albums use this link wrappedmessages

Each image has a UNIQUE IDENTIFIER which looks like this:
S6|M58|E1 - S-Section | M-Milepost | E-Event

@CanalRiverTrust:

#GreatCanalJourneys is on tonight @Channel4 8pm! Join Tim and Pru as they cruise the lovely Leeds & Liverpool canal

Great Canal Journeys

iPlayer (From 10:00 onwards)

Express Link

On Fri 19th August, the Wigan Hub was launched. It's the fourth of what will be 10 activity hubs along the route, which in time will be lined with cafes and canoe hire centres.

The 10 hubs will each be marked by a metal canoe sculpture by artist Matt Lane Sanderson.