Does anybody know why they swim near the surface when the sun is shining ? What sort of fish are they ?
If you can throw any light, e-mail : theknot@lichfieldcruisingclub.co.uk
Saturday saw a record 82 members / volunteers mucking in to knock the Club surroundings into shape.
alias Dave Preston and Lynda Gilbert.
The recent Dr Samuel Johnson 300th birthday celebrations included the 165-mile walk from Lichfield to London by Professor Peter Martin and Dr Nicholas Cambridge, dressed as Samuel Johnson and actor David Garrick, commemorating the journey that the pair made 272 years earlier. This involved a 10-day trek along the towpath to London, meeting up with civic leaders en route, before they were welcomed by the Lord Mayor of London at the capital's Guildhall.
The walk included walking the length of the Club moorings, arranged in conjunction with the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, before joining the Coventry Canal towpath at Huddlesford Junction.
Lichfield Cruising Club will be the venue for the next SOW meeting, to be held on Saturday, 11th October. Doors will open at 10.30 for an 11.00 start. There will be a break for lunch around 1.00pm, with the afternoon session commencing about 2.00pm.
John Edmonds, Chair of the Inland Waterways Advisory Council, will set the tone for the meeting with a talk about the role of the IWAC, and how the 1999 paper, "Waterways for Tomorrow", has taken a central role in current and future government policy. There will also be oportunity to discuss current and future campaign strategy. Non-members are welcome.