The Buckingham Navigator Issue 87 Summer 2015

Featuring:• Bourton Meadow is Back in Water• The Cosgrove Feast Makes a Welcome Return• Canal Surveying with the Latest Technology

THE BUCKINGHAM NAVIGATORThe Newsletter of Buckingham Canal Society

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Issue No. 87 Summer 2015

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EditorialWelcome to the Summer 2015 edition of The Buckingham Navigator!

Well, it’s been an eventful and productive start to the year! We have a new Chairman with Mike Annan stepping up to the task earlier this year. This signals the return of Chairman’s Chat. Bourton Meadow is in water again, and grants are fl owing in to allow restoration at the Hyde Lane site to pick up momentum. Fingerboards are now in position toward the Buckingham end of the canal to direct the public to the nature reserve. Progress is steady at Cosgrove while proactive discussions take place to take this section beyond the testing stage. The Society itself is continually evolving and restructuring. We welcome Peter Watts as our newest Trustee, although we regretfully acknowledge the departure of Stuart Cummins from the Committee and wish him all the best. Finally, I’m presently unable to attend work parties, so photos are most welcome.

Thank you to all the contributors. All photography in this issue is © Ian Matson unless otherwise stated. Why not drop me an email about what you enjoyed in this issue, and furthermore, why not contribute ideas or articles for future editions (see page 26). Please visit our website at www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk and while you are online, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BuckinghamCanalSociety and please Like us. Thank you.

Ian Matson Editor

In this Issue 4 Restoration Site Update

10 BCS News

12 Chairman’s Chat

13 BCS Craft Group

14 Canal Festival Joins The Cosgrove Feast

17 The Cosgrove Feast - What We Know

18 Surveying the Buckingham Canal

21 Our Project Group Needs You...

21 ...and Our Bric-a-Brac Stall Too

22 Bucks Best Kept Village Competition

22 Meet the Volunteers

22 New Members

23 Patrons, Partnerships and Funders

23 Corporate Members

24 Meet the Committee

24 Future Events

26 Work Party Dates 2015/2016

26 Next Navigator

27 Contact the Committee


Last year was an excellent year for the Society’s work parties, with external organisations sending teams of employees to join us for their Community Days. This year’s team visits have already begun in earnest with a visit from a new company called Driver Hire (a transport and logistics recruitment agency and franchise network), who joined us at our Buckingham Canal Nature Reserve site on Thursday 29th January.

Several other companies have already booked their return visits for this year, and these will include two visits from Santander, and a visit from last year’s newcomers from Leighton Buzzard, Vinci Technology Centre UK.

Bourton Meadow Looks it’s Best in Water Again

The excellent news is that Bourton Meadow is back in water again! In my last report I mentioned that there were problems with the original liner that had been installed and that this was due to be replaced with a diff erent type. Our contractor Water-Lines Solutions Ltd have been busy over several weeks in March installing the new liner.

Restoration Site Update

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Once this was completed we then began the task of re-watering this section of the canal. Because we have had a very dry March, we were allowed only a very short time scale to extract water from the River Ouse. It was therefor decided to hire in a large pump rather than use one of our own as this would reduce the time period needed to extract the water.

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Concerned that our run of bad luck would continue into Thursday, it was a pleasant surprise when morning came to find that everything was fine and the canal was back in water again, much to the delight of two ducks! Today, volunteers arrived to help start

By bringing in a larger pump, this certainly did reduce the extraction time required to fill the 386 metre section of the Buckingham Arm. However it did present us with different problems. First of all, on Tuesday 7th April, the truck that delivered the pump got stuck in the field adjacent to the canal and had to be rescued. Then our volunteers had a problem getting the pump started, only to discover that an unmentionable item was found to be stuck in part of the equipment! The original plan had been to commence pumping at around 1 o’clock in the afternoon. However, it wasn’t until three hours later that we were finally able to start re-filling the canal. I must admit though, it was a fantastic sight seeing the canal in water again. A big thankyou goes to the nine volunteers who helped us to assemble the pump. The following morning there were yet again more problems with the pump, as it refused to work, leaving us no choice but to have it replaced by another unit.


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the process of replanting the nearside canal bank with about 2,000 aquatic plug plants. Great progress was made here even if some of us slightly older volunteers went home with back ache! Sunday came and the volunteers continued the planting work with nearly 2,000 plants being in place by the end of the day! In fact we did so well that I was able to order the next batch of plants for the following Thursday’s work party. This work is still continuing and will do so until we have about 4,000 plants in place!

The volunteer effort will continue at Bourton Meadow for a while to keep this site looking as attractive as possible as we have since discovered that the Bourton Meadow section is to be included in Buckinghamshire’s Best Kept Village competition!

Let the Fingers Point the Way

We have been lucky in securing a grant from Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) Local Area Forum (LAF) to cover the cost of installing fingerboard signposts along the canal. These have been placed at the terminus of the canal in the Bourton Meadow area of Buckingham with additional signs being placed along the Ouse Valley Way leading to the Buckingham Canal Nature Reserve at Hyde Lane.

At the beginning of the year we discovered that the wooden benches at the nature reserve had started to rot. Using part of the LAF grant we were able to purchase wood to construct all new benches. A team from the aforementioned Driver Hire joined us in January and helped our volunteers build and install five of these at the reserve.


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The second task at the reserve was to install gravel boards along the towpath, with money from the LAF grant. These have improved the state and appearance of the towpath. I was also able to obtain a number of free saplings from the Woodland Trust. These have already been planted in the gaps throughout the hedgerow where it had previously thinned or died back.

The Cosgrove Section is Kept Ticking Over...

Because of the volunteer effort needed at the above two project sites, much less work has been carried out at Cosgrove as a consequence. We are waiting for permission to bring Blue, our excavator, on site so that we may use it to help rebuild part of the canal bank that has slipped. Discussions are currently ongoing with Canal & River Trust (CRT) regarding various methods with which we can best restore the canal bank. In the meantime the siphon that we installed last year through Bridge No 1 has been restarted to re-fill the canal. The current maximum level is only up to about half a metre - this being the maximum height at which the canal bank doesn’t leak. Having the siphon running has improved the appearance of the canal and is keeping the wildlife happy!

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© Athina Beckett


Because most of the work last year was carried out on the eastern and mid sections of the canal at Cosgrove, the section at the far end leading toward to the A5 has become very overgrown. This has meant that extra work parties had to be arranged to deal with the re-growth there, with the worst of the brambles and scrub having now been cleared. With several companies returning to us for their ‘team building’ days it’s hoped we can use some of them to keep this area clear so that we may continue the work at Cosgrove.

...Whilst the Lock Gates are Promised a Fresh Lick of Paint

As part of our adoption scheme with CRT, we have, in addition to the Buckingham Canal, now adopted Cosgrove Lock. We’ll have a group from Santander joining us on Thursday 2nd July to re-paint Cosgrove Lock in time for our annual Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair with the Village Feast on the weekend of 11th-12th July. Miriam Tedder from CRT will be working with us on the lock gate painting tasks. As this is a large Santander group we hope that part of the group will be working on the towpath again, keeping it in shape and improving the appearance in time for the festival.

Do You Dig Canals?...We Do!

Work parties are held every other Thursday and the second Sunday of each month and are always friendly, welcoming and very rewarding. If you would like to become involved, please contact myself, Athina Beckett, using my contact details on page 27.

In addition, work party dates can be found on page 26, and more detailed information can be found by visiting our work parties web page at:

www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk/events-and-news/work-parties/

Athina BeckettTrustee, Volunteer Leader and Work Party Organiser

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Governance

At the Executive Committee meeting on Thursday 9th April, the Trustees adopted a new governance model which is a key enabler for the Society to move forward with signifi cant grant applications. As a part of the new governance model, Terry Cavender has been appointed as Executive Offi cer for the Buckingham Canal Society. He also remains as a trustee.

The Society’s governing documents are its Constitution registered with the Charity Commission. The Society has an open membership policy and it is its membership which appoints the Trustees. In accordance with the constitution the Trustees are elected for a period of three years, with one third of the Trustees standing down each year at the AGM. These trustees are eligible for re- election should they so wish.

The role played by governance is articulated in the Organisation Chart shown opposite.

The Committee also agreed to formalise the running of the Society into key sub-group responsibilities. The initial groupings are shown in the Constitution diagram opposite, although at this time, this is an evolving structure and subject to refi nement.

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Organisation Chart Sub Groups

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Projects (monthly)

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compliance including Health & Safety

Grant & Fundraising (quarterly)

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Governance & Strategy (quarterly)

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Mike AnnanTrustee and Chairman


It is already evident that 2015 is going to be a good year for the Society. We have already obtained grants from the Local Area Forum (LAF) and the Aylesbury Vale Community Chest (AVCC). The LAF grant for £2,000 was used for materials, enabling us to buy new signage for the Buckingham end of the canal. With Canal & River Trust (CRT) allowing us to use their procurement system to buy both signage and also timber for benches, we were able to eff ectively extend the value of the grant by 25%. As always, Society and corporate volunteers provided the labour. So the new signs and new benches in the Buckingham Canal Nature Reserve have raised awareness of our work of late.

The AVCC grant for £7,000 will enable us to appoint our fi rst employee, a part time Support Offi cer (SO). Once again CRT are assisting us in allowing our offi cer to make use of offi ce space in their Milton Keynes offi ces. The benefi ts of partnerships and CRT’s commitment to canal restoration are highlighted by both successful applications and their relevant projects. The post will be advertised soon. As I write, Network Rail’s HR team had indicated they will assist in providing the necessary documentation and policies.

During the last two months we have made great inroads into solving the problem of the leak at Bourton Meadow. Many of you will be aware of the problems following the initial re-lining, with an unforeseen ionic exchange causing the original liner to fail. In March, four trustees waited on a very cold day for a large articulated lorry to arrive from Germany. Although it was a little late, with the help of landowner Nick Hawes’ staff , the large rolls of NAUE Secutex™ (needle-punched stable fi bre non-woven geotextile) and NAUE Carbofol™ (chemical resistant geomembrane) were unloaded just beyond the terminus of the canal. A week later the original contractor, Water-Lines Solutions Ltd (WLS), spent four weeks laying and heat sealing the three layers (Secutex™/Carbofol™/Secutex™) and backfi lling the bed with the previously scraped soil. April 7th came and re-fi lling commenced. So far the water loss has been in line with our expectations. We now have 6,000 aquatic plants to use, supplied at no extra cost by WLS; so all volunteers are welcome to help with this and any further work. Of most importance is that all of this work will be completed at no further cost to us for materials or labour. However, many extra volunteer hours and visits by the Trustees throughout the re-installation project have produced a successful outcome. For NAUE details, please visit: www.naue.com

Now we must keep our fi ngers crossed that a grant application to Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd (WREN) will be successful. This will provide £30,000 to purchase material for the construction of a sustainable and hardwearing footpath along the full length of the canal within the nature reserve at Hyde Lane. In the autumn we will once again need lots of volunteers to undertake the construction and to move the many tons of stone that we will have to purchase. Obviously there will be more news on this when we hear from WREN, but the LAF has already granted us £2,700 in seed funding towards this project. Seed funding forms an important element of any successful grant application to WREN.

Chairman’s Chat


Finally, whilst we always welcome new volunteers, please support our work by attending the Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair, which this year is in partnership with The Cosgrove Feast over the weekend of 11th and 12th July.

Mike AnnanTrustee and Chairman

BCS Craft GroupOur Craft Group has gone from strength to strength and continues to meet on the last Thursday of each month at my house in Pennyland, Milton Keynes. We are a very friendly group and would welcome other like minded people interested in learning or teaching new crafts, or to simply join us for a very pleasant and sociable evening and discuss the various crafts that interest you.

Members have also been making items to sell at Christmas Fairs to raise money for the Society.

If you would like to attend, please contact myself, Athina Beckett, using my contact details on page 27.


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Our 22nd annual Canal Festival takes place over the weekend of Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July, taking place two weeks before the very popular Linslade Canal Festival, allowing traders enough fl exibility to attend both events. We have again booked Cosgrove Village Hall after last years amazing success with the Craft Fair.

This year’s event will be even bigger and better still. Not only are we able to hold a Craft Fair within the hall as well as hosting the ever popular attractions by Cosgrove Lock, we have teamed up for the fi rst time with Cosgrove Village to run a combined event with their newly reinstated Cosgrove Feast! The Feast was an annual event that used to take place in the village up until the 1990s.

Our cake stall volunteers have the extra space needed to provide teas and cakes in a very pleasant environment. Booking the village hall has also signifi cantly increased the amount of traders we can accommodate at the festival as we still plan to have stalls and gazebos by the lock too. The village hall is booked from 9am on Saturday until 5pm on Sunday to allow traders time to set up and dismantle stalls. Furthermore, in the unfortunate event that we should have any bad weather, we now have the option to move the Saturday night entertainment inside where it will be warm and dry!

This year, extra help will be needed to begin setting up the festival on Friday 10th July and to dismantle everything at the end of it on Sunday 12th July. We will also need help with the following activities: Baking cakes for the Cake Stall; Serving cakes in the Village Hall; Working on the Games Stall; Car park marshalling; The Lock Ransom (training will be given to operate the lock gates).

Whether you can spare a couple of hours or a whole day, all help would be much appreciated as this event is our one big opportunity where we can reach out to the public to explain our current and future projects and promote the Society. Why not also invite your family and friends along to the event for what is promising to be a very enjoyable weekend! You would also be very welcome to join the boaters on Saturday evening for a fi sh & chip supper, although this must be booked in advance.

If you would like to help out, please contact myself, Athina Beckett, using my contact details on page 27.

If you would like to book a fi sh & chip supper, please contact the Cosgrove Festival Team using the contact details on page 27.

For further information and to book a stall or boat mooring, please visit the festival page at: www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk/events-and-news/annual-festival/


Canal Festival Joins The Cosgrove Feast


SAT 11th - SUN 12th JULY 2015COSGROVE LOCK, GRAND UNION CANAL& COSGROVE VILLAGE HALL, COSGROVE

FREE ENTRY! FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY!Historic & Trade Boats • Cake & Craft Stalls • GamesEntertainment • Feast Events • Fish & Chip Supper*The Buckingham Canal Society’s restoration plans and progress for re-watering the Buckingham Arm of the canal will be on display!

Registered Charity Number 1156662Charitable Incorporated Organisation

For boat or stall bookings tel: 01908 661217 oremail: [email protected] (*must be pre-booked)

Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 4pm (Later for Sun’s Feast events)Cosgrove Lock, Lock Lane, Cosgrove, MK19 7JRCosgrove Village Hall, Bridge Road, Cosgrove, MK19 7JA

COSGROVE CANAL FESTIVAL& CRAFT FAIR WITH THE COSGROVE FEAST


Sunday 12th July 2015

10 am Canal Festival and Craft Fair open until 4 pm

11 am St Peter’s Feast service at Cosgrove Church

12 pm Barley Mow pub Fantastic Sunday Menu with Feast Special

Lunchtime onwards – Cosgrove School for more fun! Skinny Lizard live at 1 pm!

2 pm Displays, Tours, and Cream Teas at the Church Big Fiddle Band playing at 2 pm!

6 pm Cosgrove Feast Supper

at the Village Hall Supper Tickets (Bring your own drinks)

01908 563336 or [email protected]

£5 for adults and £3.50 for under 16’s.

Saturday 11th July 2015

10 am to 6 pm

Canal Festival at Cosgrove Lock

Craft Fair at Cosgrove Village Hall – Cream Teas!

Free Entry all day!


The Cosgrove Feast - What We KnowVillage Feasts, or holidays, have taken place in South Northamptonshire since ancient times. When we were starting to compile Cosgrove’s village history for the Cosgrove and Furtho website, www.cosgrovehistory.co.uk, we found the earliest reference to a Feast in the work of John Bridges, who wrote in 1719 of Cosgrove - “The wake follows the Feast of St Peter.” This phrase implies that the Feast was already well established.

At fi rst we thought that St Peter’s Feast day would be on or around 29th June, which is the Patronal festival day for St Peter and St Paul, after whom Cosgrove Church is named. But older people in the village were adamant that the Feast took place “The date was in July not before the 11th and not after the 17th. This was the date the fi rst new potatoes were dug and green peas were picked.”

The 29th June clearly did not match this tradition. However, in 1752 the calendar in Britain was reformed, and when we matched the ‘new’ date with the original, we found that St Peter’s Feast day was 12th July, which fi ts absolutely the oral history tradition.

Wanting to try to re-enact Cosgrove’s Feast, so that today’s children would have the experience of the holiday of long ago, we looked at what would be happening in Cosgrove around the 12th July. The Cosgrove Canal Festival has been held very close to that date for some years, and we didn’t want to have two events close together. We were delighted that the Canal Society agreed to move their Festival to coincide with the Feast week, and so we are able this year, for the fi rst time in decades, to hold the Feast on St Peter’s Day. Details of our fi rst joint event with the BCS Festival are on pages 14-16.

Wolverton Express article July 21st 1911 - Cosgrove Feast

Sunday last was observed in this Northants village as Feast Sunday. Special services were held in the Parish Church which was well attended, likewise the services at the Mission Chapel which were as usual bright and hearty. In the evening the Band of the Bucks and Oxon Light Infantry (Territorials) gave a special programme of music under the baton of Mr. H. Brooks in the presence of a very large crowd and which was greatly appreciated. On Monday evening a large number of people gathered in Mr. Bushell’s “Barley Mow” fi eld where billings roundabouts and shows were located.

Old Mail article by Mrs Hickford from April 1986

There was an event in the life of Cosgrove known as Feast Sunday. The date was in July not before the 11th and not after the 17th. This was the date the fi rst new potatoes were dug and green peas were picked [traditionally]. In the afternoon relatives were asked to tea and fi nished off for supper any leftover vegetables and cold baked pudding. Wolverton Town Band came in the evening and played at Eglesfi eld’s corner (corner of Bridge Road and Main Street). The street was simply packed, as were the three pubs. On the Monday following, a small fair was held in Bushells fi eld (Barley Mow garden) where the council houses are on the left hand side of the road. Everyone seemed jolly with no hooliganism. Unfortunately a nasty accident happened near the Bridge on that particular day and I don’t think it came again. So ended another old village custom…

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Surveying the Buckingham CanalI became interested in the Buckingham Canal Society (BCS) when I heard they were looking for volunteers to drive a mini digger (Blue). I’ve always wanted to drive a digger! Then when I met the Committee in a pub in Stony Stratford I realised that maybe I might be able to help in other ways.

Since the canal has fallen into disuse there have been developments that have blocked the canal’s original route; it now needs to be re-routed across the A5 and past Deanshanger But the A5 and the housing estate in Deanshanger have presented a couple of problems! The original route of the canal was planned to follow the lie of the land avoiding any unnecessary locks or changes in levels. However, we will be forced to deviate from this route if we are to reach Bourton Meadow. This means an accurate plan of the route is needed and to do that it therefore follows that an accurate survey is needed.

I am a architectural technician, and have experience in the construction of a new London Underground line which I believe would be helpful in planning the route of a canal. I am also very interested in our industrial history and canals; Thomas Telford helped to unify the canals in the 1800s - that does it for me!

To plan the new route of the canal it needs accurate information. It is important to survey the canal and surroundings, as in this way it helps to understand the scope of the work. So why use a CAD system? What are the advantages? Imagine being able to draw the whole canal system at full size, capture a section, scale it, and then put it on a piece of paper. That is exactly what a computer aided design system does. The problem is how the information gets into the computer model in the fi rst place?

I have used computers rather than a drawing board for drawings for over thirty years. It is rare today to fi nd anyone who uses a drawing board - architectural and engineering students are taught using computer aided design (CAD). But now CAD is moving on to use new modelling software known as BIM (Building Information Modelling).

Drawing with a computer is similar to drawing a workshop detail. You draw the object at full size, similar in a way to when I fi rst started working in a structural steel fabricators drawing offi ce many years ago. Part of a steel roof truss would be drawn out full size on the fl oor of the workshop loft - perhaps where the term lofting comes from in 3-dimensional modelling?

Traditionally a land survey would need an optical survey instrument called a theodolite. It has a telescope with a cross hair sight so that you can measure the height on a staff . Another measurement would be taken from a second position. One measurement would be subtracted from the other giving you the diff erence in height. An angle between the two staff positions would be measured on the horizontal and the dimensions between the two staff positions and the theodolite make a triangle. These dimensions would then be checked by geometry using the extended Pythagoras theorem. All this then has to be related back to the ordinance survey grid - there has to be an easier method!


There is! The modern method of land surveying uses a very accurate GPS system. It is similar in principle to a satnav. There is a receiver that picks up a signal from satellites, and by triangulation it calculates its position in the land. Users of GPS know that the accuracy is about ±5 metres - and even that is on a good day! This is not as accurate as we need. However the system has a secondary network broadcasting from an office in Tongwell, Milton Keynes which brings the accuracy down to ±15mm.

I contacted Leica Geosystems – a large company specialising in survey equipment, who have an office in Tongwell. They hire out survey equipment and also carry out servicing and repairs. I spoke to Shane O’Regan who said that he would hire out the equipment over the weekend and include some training. It was fascinating to see the technicians working on the survey equipment when I collected it.

The system (shown here) consists of a small portable computer and a receiver. The two are connected via a Bluetooth connection. Both are fixed to a 2 metre long carbon fibre pole. To take a measurement, position the pole over the position you want to take, making sure the pole is vertical, and press a button to take the reading. This positions the reading to Ordinance Survey (OS maps) grid positions in northings, eastings and levels. There’s even a further advantage, it draws the lines in a format that can be read by the CAD system!

Although I have used survey drawings, it had been a long time since I had actually carried out a land survey so I was glad of the training! The system worked well; the drawings as I mentioned are located on the OS grid referencing (being drawn full size). I surveyed a length of canal by Cosgrove, and upon returning home I overlaid the survey data on the CAD drawings. They matched perfectly! System proved.

One thing I did notice whilst walking around the streets with a 2 metre pole attached to an aerial and a computer. I did seem to attract attention. I have had all kinds of comments - the obvious ones being: “What are you doing” or “if you are looking for aliens there are over there.” The best one is to stand on the pavement and watch a driver closely as they approach and study the display on the computer. You can see them slow down thinking it’s a speed camera!

© Leica Geosystems


But there is a drawback to the system. Surveying next to walls or under tree cover does give you a warning that the receiver is outside the limits of it’s accuracy. I have thought of a way of getting around this problem - to create our own temporary bench marks (TBMs) around the working sites. These will be small plugs of concrete approximately 125mm diameter and 250mm deep with an identifi cation tag and a rivet on top. The TBMs will be positioned in the open to get a clear sight for the position using the instrument and using measuring tapes to triangulate from them to measurements on the working site.

To fi nish, there is one more stage to go through. Once the route of the canal has been fi nalised, the data can then be fed from the CAD drawing to the instrument and position the instrument on the new towpath and canal edges of the proposed route. Ah, back to that training again! For Leica Geosystems details, visit www.leica-geosystems.co.uk.

Shown above is just one of the detailed mapping pages produced by the projects team led by myself. The canal route here at Passenham Quarry is indicative and subject to a number of agreements with statutory bodies and land owners. The topological data has been kindly provided by the quarry owners and is causing us to rethink the precise location of the fi rst of the new locks to take the canal under the A5 on its revised route to the Grand Union Canal.

If you would like more of an explanation of how this all works, please contact myself, Dave Humphreys, using my contact details on page 27.

Dave HumphreysVolunteer and Chairman of Projects Subgroup

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Code : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BACode : 20BAType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm Ballast

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Code : 40MMType : 40mm GravelFill volume : 1298m³Fill volume : 1298m³Fill volume : 1298m³Fill volume : 1298m³Fill volume : 1298m³

Code : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelFill volume : 107m³Fill volume : 107m³Fill volume : 107m³Fill volume : 107m³Fill volume : 107m³

Code : CSANCode : CSANType : Conc. SandType : Conc. SandType : Conc. SandType : Conc. SandType : Conc. Sand

Fill volume : 6558m³Fill volume : 6558m³Fill volume : 6558m³Fill volume : 6558m³

Code : RAWCode : RAWCode : RAWType : AS RAISEDType : AS RAISED

Fill volume : 10077m³Code : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVERCode : OVER

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67.59Code : OVERCode : OVER

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Code : OVERType : OVERSIZEFill volume : 142m³

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68.15

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67.00

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67.01

66.99

66.47

66.59

66.53

66.58

66.72

66.44

66.39

66.41

66.4966.4966.49

66.5366.5366.5366.5366.5366.53

66.77

66.67

65.81

Type : 40mm GravelType : 40mm GravelType : 40mm GravelFill volume : 776m³

66.4766.4767.31

65.0665.06

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Code : 20MMType : 20mm GravelType : 20mm GravelM

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Code : 40MMType : 40mm GravelFill volume : 776m³

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Fill volume : 55m³Fill volume : 55m³Fill volume : 55m³

Type : 10 mm GravelFill volume : 107m³



Fill volume : 55m³


Code : 20BA


Fill volume : 55m³



Fill volume : 55m³

71.29


Fill volume : 55m³Fill volume : 55m³

Code : 20BAType : 20mm BallastType : 20mm Ballast

Fill volume : 55m³Fill volume : 55m³Fill volume : 55m³Type : 20mm Ballast

Fill volume : 55m³

Code : 10MMType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelFill volume : 107m³

CX366.632

66.48

66.63266.632SpSp

Code : 10MMCode : 10MMType : 10 mm GravelFill volume : 107m³

Code : 10MMCode : 10MMCode : 10MMType : 10 mm GravelType : 10 mm GravelFill volume : 107m³Fill volume : 107m³


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Type : 40mm GravelType : 40mm GravelType : 40mm GravelFill volume : 776m³Fill volume : 776m³Fill volume : 776m³

66.7766.77

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Code : RAWType : AS RAISEDType : AS RAISED


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65.99

65.44

67.41

67.71

67.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.7867.78

67.46

67.36

67.29

67.25

67.3267.3267.32

67.31

67.41

67.41

67.41

67.35

67.26

67.22

67.19

67.09

67.0267.02

67.11

67.19

67.22

67.33

67.1567.1567.1567.15

67.07

67.1967.19

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67.42

67.41

67.43

67.48

67.65

67.5067.50

67.7867.7867.7867.7867.78

67.65

67.50

67.42

67.41

67.43

67.48

67.36

67.33

67.24

67.3367.38

67.42

67.32

67.22

67.5167.78

67.50

67.51

67.42

67.41

67.43

67.48

67.65

67.50

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68.4168.41

68.40

68.41

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New bridge - No 4

New bridge - No 5

66.0366.0366.03

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66.1066.1066.1066.1066.1066.1066.10

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67.3567.3567.3567.3567.3567.35

67.8667.8667.86

67.68

67.3367.3367.33

67.5867.5867.58

67.8767.8767.87

67.4167.4167.41

67.5967.5967.59

67.3667.3667.36

67.2567.2567.25

67.3267.3267.32

67.8167.8167.8167.8167.8167.8167.81

67.8767.8767.8767.8767.87

67.6567.6567.65

67.7867.7867.7867.78

67.3867.3867.38

67.50

67.4267.4267.42

67.4167.4167.41

67.4367.4367.43

67.4867.4867.48

67.6567.6567.65

67.5067.5067.50

67.7867.7867.7867.7867.78

67.50

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65.9765.9765.97

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Aside from the digging, the fund raising, the meetings, and all the other bits, we are also running a regular projects group. This is chaired by Dave Humphreys who has been putting together all of our digital data about the canal route into a combined database that includes information on land ownership, original route, feasibility, known assets and the challenges ahead. This data, combined with the very detailed topological data that Dave has been diligently collecting, is becoming a core element as we move toward getting various design considerations and route conversations underway with relevant organisations and landowners.

If you feel like coming along to a Projects Group meeting, then be prepared to play with LEGO amongst other high tech modelling tools. The Group meets monthly and plans the workload for work parties as well as progressing various projects that the Executive Committee have approved. Work includes planning permissions, design, ownership challenges, and a myriad of other work.

If you’d like to help out, please contact myself, Terry Cavender, or Dave Humphreys using our contact details on page 27.

Terry CavenderExecutive Offi cer

If you feel you could help, please contact myself, Athina Beckett, using my contact details on page 27.


Our Projects Group Needs You...

© The LEGO Group

The bric-a-brac stall attends local canal and village festivals as well as many other events to promote the ongoing work of our Society. Wherever the stall goes, we take the opportunity to recruit new members and sell a large variety of items to raise funds for the BCS. Working on the stall does of course aff ord you entry to plenty of local events as well as it being an enjoyable experience in helping the Society. As we grow, we need extra people to help us run the stall, now more than ever before.

...And Our Bric-a-Brac Stall Too


New Members

Richard Dwight - Finance Manager

I have worked for Buckinghamshire County Council for over 40 years in property-related functions, mostly around building maintenance. The last 20 years has seen me specialising in asbestos and Legionella management, along with data and fi nancial management. I have recently given up my role in energy management but still like to adhere to the general principles of it.

Besides work I’ve been creating my family tree for a number of years. I like to go out with friends, mainly to London, as there is always such a lot to see and do there. I do visit the Mall Gallery regularly as I like art that doesn’t have to be explained to me, so therefore it should come as no surprise that I am not a Tate Modern person. I enjoy food and cooking. I consider myself young at heart and not quite ready to start listening to Radio 2 just yet. Very recently I was persuaded to get involved with BCS. That took off in a bigger and more sudden way than I expected, as I am now the Society’s Finance Manager.

Meet the Volunteers

We are pleased to extend a warm welcome to the following new members who have recently joined the Society:

Tom KnightBletchley, Bucks

Clare TupmanBletchley, Bucks

Simon ColeBuckingham, Bucks

Lionhearts Cruising ClubMilton Keynes, Bucks

Lee WhitingBroughton, Oxon

Les & Sheila FranklinLinslade, Beds

We have just learnt that Buckingham has included the Bourton Meadow section of our canal as part of their entry for Buckinghamshire’s Best Kept Village competition. This has come as rather a surprise, so we are now looking for ideas to make the canal look as attractive as possible. This is where you, our members, can help. Should we go for a canal theme? Should we have plants and seating? We need your ideas as soon as possible as this event takes place in July. If you can help, please contact myself, Athina Beckett, using my contact details on page 27.


Bucks Best Kept Village Competition


We are very grateful for the continued support of our patrons:

• Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP • Lord Boswell of Aynho

The Wyvern Shipping Co Ltd

Nikon Optical UK. Ltd.

Taverners Boat ClubBraunston Marina

Patrons, Partnerships and Funders

Corporate Members

Inland Waterways AssociationNorthampton Branch

We have formal partnerships with the following:

• Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) • Buckingham Town Council• Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC)• Canal & River Trust (CRT)• Deanshanger Parish Council

• Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Corporate Member

• Northamptonshire County Council (NCC)• South Northamptonshire District Council

We are very grateful for the fi nancial support of our funders:

• Aylesbury Vale Community Chest (AVCC)• Buckinhgamshire Community

Foundation• Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC)• Inland Waterways Association (IWA)

• Milton Keynes Heritage Association (MKHA)

• Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN)

• Waterways Recovery Group (WRG)

We have been recognised by the following:

• Cosgrove Parish Council• Foscote Parish Meeting• Maids Moreton Parish Council

• Thornborough Parish Council• Thornton Parish Meeting


Peter Watts - TrusteeI was born in Surrey in 1936. Following my formative years in State and Private education, I joined the British Merchant Navy for seven years with the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company. Later, after carving a life out for myself as a chef, I worked my way up to Senior Buyer & Sales Manager for an Animal Feed Company in Wokingham, Berkshire. Prior to my retirement, I used the trading skills I had developed to form my own agricultural merchant company in addition to another that sold organic fertiliser.

The open water has been in the blood for most of my life. In my twenties, I sailed and raced at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club in Southend-on-Sea. Upon moving to Newbury I joined The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust. I initially purchased a very small cruiser and could only travel between Reading and Hungerford. Helping out with the repair work on the Kennet & Avon Canal was very rewarding, and I could often be found working at the Steam Pumping Station at Crofton, just to the south west of Hungerford, shovelling coal into the fi re for the boiler and getting covered from head to toe in black coal dust. My colleagues and I would also pump water to the summit of the canal, while resting from shovelling the coal, and we would watch a ton of water with every stroke of the pump fl ow down into the canal. This was opened to the public to raise money to help restore the canal.

I’ve now retired in Charndon, near Bicester with my wife, and have become an active member of Charndon Parish Council. We are both members of the Buckingham Canal Society too, and this Spring the Committee welcomed me in as their newest Trustee.

Meet the Committee

Future Events Sunday 7th June

Wendover Arm TrustRestoration Open Day

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, Aston Clinton, Drayton

Beauchamp, Bucks, HP22 5LUDetails:

www.wendoverarmtrust.co.uk/events

Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th JuneFriends of The Canal MuseumStoke Bruerne Family Festival

Stoke Bruerne, Towcester,Northants, NN12

Details:www.friendsofcanalmuseum.org.uk


Thursday 25th June 7.30pmBCS – Craft Group Meeting2 Staters Pound, Pennyland,

Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK18 8AXDetails: 01908 661217

[email protected]

Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th JuneFellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd

Rally & Canal FestivalBraunston Marina, Braunston,

Nr Daventry, Northants, NN11 7JHDetails: 01788-891373

www.braunstonmarina.co.uk

Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th JulyBCS - Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft

Fair with The Village FeastCosgrove Lock, Lock Lane, Cosgrove, Milton Keynes, Northants, MK19 7JR

Details: 01908 [email protected]

Saturday 25th July 11am - 5pmLinslade Canal Festival

Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, LU7

Details: www.leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk

Thursday 30th July 7.30pmBCS – Craft Group Meeting2 Staters Pound, Pennyland,


[email protected]

Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th August11am - 5pm

Blisworth Canal Partnership LtdBlisworth Canal Festival

Blisworth, Northampton, Northants,NN7 3BU. Details:

www.blisworthcanalfestival.co.uk

Thursday 27th August 7.30pmBCS – Craft Group Meeting2 Staters Pound, Pennyland,


[email protected]

Saturday 29th - Monday 31st AugustIWA Events Team & IWA Northampton

Northampton Festival of WaterBecket’s Park, Northampton, Northants

Details: 07811-253242www.waterways.org.uk/northampton

Sunday 6th SeptemberWendover Arm Trust

Restoration Open DayThe Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin,

Church Lane, Aston Clinton, Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks, HP22 5LU

Details:www.wendoverarmtrust.co.uk/events

Tuesday 8th September 8pmIWA Northampton - Talk: TBA

The Walnut Tree Inn, 21 Station Road, Blisworth, Northants, NN7 3DS

Details:www.waterways.org.uk/northampton

Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th SeptemberFriends of The Canal Museum

Village at War WeekendStoke Bruerne, Towcester,Northants, NN12. Details:

www.friendsofcanalmuseum.org.uk

Thursday 24th September 7.30pmBCS – Craft Group Meeting2 Staters Pound, Pennyland,


[email protected]


JulyThursday 2ndSunday 12th

Thursday 16thThursday 30th

AugustSunday 9th


SeptemberThursday 10thSunday 13th

Thursday 24th

OctoberThursday 8thSunday 11th

Thursday 22nd

NovemberThursday 5thSunday 8th

Thursday 19th

DecemberThursday 3rdSunday 13th

Thursday 17thThursday 31st

JanuarySunday 10th


FebruaryThursday 11thSunday 14th

Thursday 25th

Work Party Dates 2015/2016

MarchThursday 10thSunday 13th

Thursday 24th

AprilThursday 7thSunday 10th

Thursday 21st

MayThursday 5thSunday 8th

Thursday 19th

JuneThursday 2ndSunday 12th


Next NavigatorSo we are nearing the end of another issue of the Navigator and I am sure many of you are eager for more. You can be part of what appears in the next issue. There are regular items from the committee but there is space assigned to YOU, our valued members, for your submissions. I am also always very interested to hear what you think of the newsletter and comments are most welcome!

Please submit all contributions for Issue 88 (Autumn 2015) by the 1st August 2015 via email, CD, or typed/handwritten letter (in that order of preference) to:

[email protected] orIan Matson, 63 Almners Road, Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0BH

Advertising with us We welcome advertisements in the Navigator to assist funding. Rates are as below. Payment is required before copy date. Cheques made payable to ‘Buckingham Canal Society’. 33% reduction for 3 issues.Whole Page: £16Half Page: £10

Quarter Page: £6Inserts: £7.50

Back Page: £22


Vasanthi WilmesTrustee and Treasurer22D Towan Avenue, Fishermead, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK6 2DP 07466 [email protected]

Terry CavenderTrustee and Executive Offi cer7 Buckingham Road, Akeley, Bucks, MK18 5HL 01280 86031607976 [email protected]

Jonathan BrownTrustee and Equipment Manager2 Staters Pound, Pennyland, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK15 8AX 01908 66121707721 [email protected]

Anthony Smith-Roberts Trustee, Secretary and Health & Safety Offi cer 44 Winslow Road, Granborough, Bucks, MK18 3NQ 07801 [email protected]

Rob Oldham TrusteeHunters End, Frogmore Lane, Long Crendon, Bucks, HP18 9DZ 07720 [email protected]

Athina BeckettTrustee, Volunteer Leader and Work Party Organiser2 Staters Pound, Pennyland, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK15 8AX01908 661217 / 07721 [email protected]

Contact the Committee

Other Key Contacts :Alan Mynard – [email protected] Festival [email protected] Humphreys – Chairman of Projects [email protected] Matson – Editor and Publicity & Communications Manager07793 451958 (Address under ‘Next Navigator’)[email protected]

Illustrated Talks & [email protected] Beddard – Membership Secretary5 Staters Pound, Pennyland, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK15 8AX 01908 [email protected] McIlroy – Archivist07801 [email protected] Dwight – Finance [email protected]

Peter WattsTrustee1 Barclay Close, Charndon,Bicester,Oxon, OX27 0JA01296 [email protected]

Mike AnnanTrustee and Chairman4 Fulmar House, 37 MillwardDrive, Fenny Stratford,Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK2 2BX07902 [email protected]

The Buckingham Navigator Issue 87 Summer 2015

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