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SUCS volunteers are already at work on the Crickheath to Llanymynech length

days. Remarkable! Compliments abounded from passing pedestrians and cyclists. Much time and effort was spent during this work party concluding the decommissioning activities for the previous project north of Crickheath Bridge. Tidying up of the previous works compound by Crickheath Basin was completed and two large spoil heaps were levelled. ‘Spoil’ does little justice to the material since over the years this site strip and vegetation had composted down to high quality topsoil.

Repairs to the wharf wall continued and received considerable focus. This is no small task and will feature in many future reports but here again, great progress was made with a good number of the Society’s regular volunteers getting involved and picking up skills from the Dry Stone Walling Association volunteers. A start was made in filling the void left by the monster stump removal.

Towpath improvements in progress

It is likely that the saga of the stump will also feature in a number of future reports. During this work party a substantial quantity was removed – but it’s still huge!