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Forthcoming Events You are invited to join us on the following dates: Wed 14th Dec th
Skittles night
Wed 11 Jan
Bill King, “The Upper Thames Patrol” The Waterborne Home Guard of the Thames from Maidenhead to Lechlade
Wed 8th Feb
Thames Valley & Chilterns Air Ambulance Trust
Wed 14th Mar
Annual General Meeting
Sat 31st Mar
Barn Dance @ Yarnton Village Hall – 8pm - 11pm Called by Ted Morse with his band. Licensed beer and wine bar.
Wed 11th Apr
Jeremy Batch “A lock-keeper’s life”
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Sat 21 Apr/ Sun 22nd Apr
Family fun days @ Heyford Wharf from 10am to 5pm Boat trips, shore activities including a bouncy castle and attendance by “Muddy Waters” and “Jolly Boatman”
Unless otherwise stated the above events are held on Wednesday evenings in the Social Club at Kidlington Football Club, Yarnton Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AT. 7.30 pm for 8.00pm. New members and visitors most welcome. For more details or directions phone Ann Yeatman – tel: 01865 372552.
Solent & Arun Branch News Chairman’s Report Well, already we have reached the last Cargoes of 2011 with 2012 looking to be a crucial year for the waterways. With the creation of the charitable trust hopefully the government will back the scheme with sufficient finance to guarantee its success. Locally we will continue to support the Shoreham Slipways Group in their campaign to improve access to the River Adur, which you can read about below in this edition, and progress is being made. We will also continue our support for the restoration schemes on the Wey & Arun and Chichester canals and help where possible on the River Itchen project. I hoped to have some pictures of the River Hamble cruise but having started in reasonable weather we then had one of the biggest storms ever during a cruise -