The North Walsham & Dilham Canal opened 1826. It's nine miles long, has six locks & had sailing wherries transporting freight. Early in C20 trade declined & wherry Ella passed through the last time in 1934. Now a conservation trust is restoring the canal for recreational use.
๐ One of the great privileges of this job is being invited to see the phenomenal work volunteers do all over North Norfolk.
๐ถ Yesterday I got to see that on the North Walsham & Dilham Canal Trust. The restoration work to the waterways and Ebridge lock was quite astounding๐๐
Spent yesterday walking along the North Walsham to Dilham canal. The canal trust doing repair to a lock with the aim to have boats once again on canal. To celebrate, I of course, had a pint of Wherry with lunch.