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Cover: This is the year work begins in earnest on John Robinson Lock (formerly Westfield Lock), our main volunteer contribution to the Cotswold Canals ‘Phase 1b’ section (which will open up a 10 mile navigable extension of the national canal network in two years’ time). Our friends in KESCRG are seen clearing infill ready for rebuilding (picture: Ed Walker) Back cover: The 2020 BCN Cleanup on the Walsall Canal: the event returns in March, see page 14 (picture: Martin Ludgate)