Lapal Events during 2025
Saturday 25th October 2025 12:00 through 17:00
TAKE A HIKE AND ‘WALK THE LINE’
October 2025 will soon be upon us and many of our Members and Followers are readying themselves for our annual “Walk the Line” sponsored event on the 25th. Their support provides much needed aid towards restoring yet more of the Dudley No. 2 Canal.
The “Walk the Line” route is about seven miles long and sets off at midday from the car park and takes four to five hours to complete. Sturdy footwear is essential for walking stoney paths, stiles and fields. Walkers should gather at the Selly Oak Scout Hut entrance a few minutes before 12.00 enabling a punctual start.
Saturday 1st February 2025 10:00 through 13:00
Canal scrub bash near Leasowes Park
Meet at the Lapal Canal Trust notice board adjacent 165 Hamilton Avenue, Halesowen, B62 8UB.
Wrap up warm and bring own hand tools and gloves for cutting wood and cutting back nettles and brambles. The canal at this point has been filled in and the objective is to tidy/trim the coppice to avoid tree roots going through the buried puddle clay lining any more than it might have already.
Saturday 8th February 2025
Meet the Team – Sainsbury’s Selly Oak
Committee Members will hold a table-top event at the Sainsbury’s Selly Oak entrance during the day.
Come along to say hello and enter into face-to-face discussions about all things Narrow Boating and the Lapal Canal Trust. Catch up with information about what plans are in the piprline for 2025.
Saturday 1st March 2025 10:00 through 13:00
2nd canal scrub bash near Leasowes Park
Follow-Up event to finish off any outstanding works. Meet at the Lapal Canal Trust notice board adjacent 165 Hamilton Avenue, Halesowen, B62 8UB.
Wrap up warm and bring own hand tools and gloves for cutting wood and cutting back nettles and brambles. The canal at this point has been filled in and the objective is to tidy/trim the coppice to avoid tree roots going through the buried puddle clay lining any more than it might have already.