WHAT’S ON IN NOVEMBER

If you want your event listed in our free monthly What’s On section email your entry to jrichardson@mortons.co.uk or use the events form at www.towpathtalk.co.uk/events Please check with organisers whether the event is going ahead before setting out on your journey.

November 4-5

Birmingham Canal Navigations Society: Boat Gathering at Titford Pumphouse, Engine St, Oldbury B69 4NL with Explore Your Archive on Saturday afternoon, 2-5pm. November 8

IWA Northampton: Boat Horse, tales of the working horse boats in music and verse, dance and puppetry by Phil and Denise Underwood and friends, the Bonnet & Belt Theatre Company. The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne. 7.30pm.

IWA Chester & Merseyside: Talk on the history and heritage of Chester Canal by Ray Buss. The Cafe, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, CH65 4FW, 7.45pm. Fun raffle, sales and shop available for Christmas cards and publications.

November 10

IWA Lichfield: Brownhills and the Wyrley & Essington Canal – an easy 5.5 mile circular walk along disused railways lines, footpaths and the towpath. Meet in the car park of The Smithy’s Forge pub, 7 Lichfield Road, Brownhills, West Midlands WS8 6HR, 10.15am for 10.30am start. Contact Clive Walker, clivewalker@waterways.org.uk November 11

IWA North Staffordshire & South Cheshire: The Stafford Riverway Link – an update by John Potter. Stoke-onTrent Boat Club, Endon Wharf, Post Lane, Endon, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 9DU, 7.45 for 8pm. Admission free, refreshments available, non-IWA members welcome. Contact: socialsec.nssc@waterways.org.uk November 12

IWA Northampton: Branch dinner and brief update on the work of the Buckingham Canal Society by Athina Beckett. The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne, 7.30pm.

November 16

IWA Lichfield: Crossing the Severn Estuary, an illustrated account by Neil Barnett. Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, off Walsall Road, Lichfield, WS13 8AY, 7.15 for 7.30pm. November 17

IWA Milton Keynes: John Pomfret takes us on a voyage along the River Danube, including the spectacular Iron Gates Gorge. Bletchley Conservative Club, 105-111 Queensway, MK2 2DN, starting at 7.45pm.

November 20

Erewash Preservation & Development Association: Open day at Sandiacre Lock Cottages, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5LA, 10.30am-3.30pm. www.ecpda.org.uk November 21

Friends of Cromford Canal: William Jessop and the Butterly Company by Martyn Cockayne. Ironville Church Hall, NG16 5NN, 7.30pm. Admission £2.50, tea, coffee, bar and raffle, non- members welcome. www. cromfordcanal.org