Workday Notice – 25th October 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 25th October 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 11th October 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 11th October 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 27th September 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 27th September 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 13th September 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 13th September 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 30th August 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 30th August 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 16th August 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 16th August 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

We welcomed along a great new volunteer last Saturday.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 09th August 2025 – Lock 1

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 09th August 2025 from 09:30 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Visiting Drascombe boats – 11th, 12th and 13th July

We will be welcoming Drascombe boats to the Boyne Navigation over the weekend. An initial number of boats will be launched at the nearest slipway at Pass, starting at 11. More Drascombe boats will meet at Lock 1 Saturday from about 12:00, they will travel up the Navigation. They are expected to visit the Battle of the Boyne site, en route. They will travel up close to the third lock (Lower Newgrange, Staleen). They will moor up here overnight. They will travel back down on Sunday and leave Lock 1 from about 13:00.

Workday Notice – 05th July 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 05th July 2025 from 09:30 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 28th June 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 28th June 2025 from 09:30 below Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

We cleared storm damage.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 07th June 2025 – above Lock 2

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 07th June 2025 from 10:00 above Lock 2

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

We cleared storm damage.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 24th April 2025 – above Lock 2

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 24th April 2025 from 10:00 above Lock 2

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

The Lockgates up at Lock 2 were reopened. An overflow area was raised, to better coup in times of flood.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 19th April 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 19th April 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

The concrete fence built to prevent erosion above the Sealock, was filled in behind. The wall built along the steps (on the opposite), was pointed.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 5th April 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 4th April 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

Cutting trees which had fallen during recent storms.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Workday Notice – 1st March 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 1st March 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

Cutting trees which had fallen during recent storms.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 8th February 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 8th February 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

Some growth was cut back to the boundaries the last day.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 18th January 2025 – Lock 1

 

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 18th January 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day

A tree was mostly encased in concrete, to ensure its integrity against erosion.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Cancelled: Current Workday Notice – 11th January 2025 – Lock 1

We planned to hold workday this Saturday 11th January 2025 from 10:00 at Lock 1 but cancelled due to the weather..

Our planned work:

A tree was mostly encased in concrete, to ensure its integrity against erosion.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 14th December 2024 – Lock 1

 

We plan to hold our final workday of 2024 on Saturday 14th December 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1.

Our planned work: To be determined on the day.

A tree was mostly encased in concrete, to ensure its integrity against erosion.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 7th December 2024 – Lock 1

We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 7th December 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1.

Our planned work: We’ll be finish a piece of work, which was started three weeks back.

Trees that had already fallen into the Navigation, were removed.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 30th November 2024 – Lock 1

We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 30th November 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1.

Our planned work: Work to be determined on the day. We might clear a number of fallen trees on the Oldbridge section.

The lockgates at Lock 2, were closed over. The stonework was edged, powerwashed along with the Lockgates been cleaned as well.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 09th November 2024 – Lock 1

We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 09nd November 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: We will continue to work on closing the lockgates up at Lock 2. We might clear a number of fallen trees on the Oldbridge section.

We spend the day trying to temporarily close over the lockgates at Lock 2, couldn’t complete it on the day.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 02th November 2024 – Lock 1

We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 02nd November 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Work to be decided on the day.

A big tree which had fallen across the canal, was removed the last day. Some ivy work was also done on trees, which border the waterway also.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

With any luck we’ll get to work Saturday week as well.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 19th October 2024 – Lock 1
 
We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 19th October 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1
Our planned work: A big tree has fallen across the canal, so our primary aim, is to remove it on the day.

The last day (August 2024): Installation of display sign at Lock 1, to mark Heritage Week. A survey of the Oldbridge section isintended to be done, to see what changes have happened along this waterways section, in advance of resuming work during Autumn.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 24th August 2024 – Lock 1

 

We plan to hold a workday on Saturday 24th January 2024 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Installation of display sign at Lock 1, to mark Heritage Week. A survey of the Oldbridge section isintended to be done, to see what changes have happened along this waterways section, in advance of resuming work during Autumn.

The last day (January 2024): We cut bits of rotten branch, which we out in the channel.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 02 September  2023 – Lock 1

 

We will be holding a workday this Saturday 16th September 2023 from 10:00 at Lock 1

Our planned work: Tidying up around the Oldbridge Sealock. We may also continue our ivy work.

The last day: A big job was done at Lock 1. The joints between the paving there, were cleaned. Cleaning of our kerbing next to the greenway by the Lock was also done. The Lock chamber was also cleaned of weeds growing from its stonework.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 06th August  2022 – Lock 1

 

We held a workday on Saturday 06th August 2022 from 10:00 at Lock 1 <!– Oldbridge Sealock – Lock 1* –>.<!– –>

Our planned work: The same work as the last day of cutting on tree further up the Oldbridge section. We’d hope to continue with our cleaning around the Lock as well.

The last day: The group fitted locks on the gates up at Lock 2. These were previously broken. I personally wasn’t there, so not sure what other work took place.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 21th May  2022

 

We held a workday on Saturday 21th May 2022 from 10:00 at Lock 1. Our planned work: The same work as the last day of cutting the lawns either side of the first lock. Additional work will be done on ivy further up the waterway.

The last day: The council had cut the road side lawn at lock 1 so a nice little saving of petrol. The river side one needed to be cut.  Work resumed cutting ivy waterside, further of the channel.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Workday Notice – 7th May  2022

 

We held a workday on Saturday 07th May 2022 from 10:00 at Lock 1 <!– Oldbridge Sealock – Lock 1* –>.<!– –>

Our planned work was: The lawns would be cut once again at first lock. Additional work would be done on ivy further up the waterway.

The last day: The lawns were cut either side of lock 1 the last day. Work resumed cutting ivy waterside, further of the channel.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

 

Previous Workday Notice – 23th April  2022

 

We held a workday on Saturday 23th April 2022 from 10:00 at Lock 3 <!– Oldbridge Sealock – Lock 1* –>.<!– –>

Our planned work: The first lock will be given a tidy up i.e. lawns either side cut. If we have excess time, will continue with our ivy work

The last day: Three branches and a tree were removed from the water, either side of the bridge by Battle of the Boyne Centre entrance.

Volunteers always welcome.

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.

Previous Workday Notice – 09th April  2022

 

We held a workday on Saturday 09th April 2022 from 10:00 at Lock 1 <!– Oldbridge Sealock – Lock 1* –>.<!– –>

Our planned work: To remove three trees which had fallen into the water, either side of the bridge by Battle of the Boyne Centre entrance.

The last day: We’d continued similar tidying up of branches.

 

Workday Notice – 14th December  2021

 

We will be holding a workday this Saturday 14th December 2019 from 10:00 at Oldbridge Sealock – Lock 1*.

Our planned work: We will continue cutting overhanging growth up from Lock 1.

The last day: Lock 1 was cleaning up. Water in this section was so clear, that one of our volunteers walked up along the way, to see what “treasure” (rubbish) leark under the waters.

Lock 3 was pumped out, with the intentions of fitting up the missing mechanism for the Tailgates (river end). Our group worked late to fitted these. Our crew worked late but we managed to fit up one gate. The intension was to finish work for the year at this workday for the year but we’ll have a bonus days work :-).

We provide free magazines, produced by our parent group and give them to all takers, drop by if such might take your fancy.

Hope to see you along on Saturday,
Written on behalf of Kevin Fullam (Project Manager)
Boyne Navigation – I.W.A.I.