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Welcome to the new WBCT online blog
Here you can find regularly updated, bite size stories about all things canal related.
A New Trustee
We'd like to extend a warm welcome to our newest trustee, Debbie Clark.
An Eggcellent Easter Weekend
Over the Easter weekend we held an Easter egg hunt along the canal. We were absolutely blown away by how many people joined in, and thanks to our lovely supporters, we have raised over £800 for the canal trust!!
March Photo Competition
There are three winning entries this month, with a beautiful picture of our recently deceased swan replacing our standing Dragonfly image. This month we also have several 'honourable mentions' alongside our winners.
£2500+ Reward For Information
Very sad news on the canal near Royal Wooton Basset; of the pair of swans that had just chosen their nesting site at Chaddington, yesterday the female was shot & killed. This blog post is being updated regularly, please check back soon - latest update 25/03.
Window Wonderland
Some of the windows in Swindon Old Town's Window Wonderland beautifully portrayed the canal...
Kingshill Swans
Both swans still around by Kingshill; they were grooming themselves, perhaps in preparation for making babies?
New year's greetings from the CEO
I hope you all had the most cheering Christmas possible, given the effects of the Covid-19 restrictions on travel and partying. It’s time now to look forward to 2021 and think about what we want for ourselves and the Wilts & Berks canal project.
New rules following Lockdown 2
From December 2nd 2020 the goverment is replacing the national lockdown with a regionally-differentiated approach, where different tiers of restrictions apply in different parts of the country.