SUMMER WORK CAMP
| Accomodation MAP |
The Scout
Hall Spinney Lane Addlestone Surrey GU21 1SL |
| Arrival Instructions | You should aim to arrive at the accommodation or West Byfleet or Woking Station, preferably on the Friday or before 14:00 hours on the Saturday. Volunteers booked for one week are expected to remain until at least lunchtime on the following Saturday. You are however welcome to stay on until the Sunday morning when the camp officially ends. People arriving on other days between 09:00 and 17:00 should report directly to the site at West Byfleet. |
| Directions | Drivers using the M25 should leave at junction 11 onto
the A3050 ½ mile West Turn left onto A317 ¼ mile SW (Weybridge)
At Roundabout Turn left onto A320 ¼ mile E (Guildford) Turn left at
first roundabout into Murray Road B3121 E Ottershaw Continue on B3121 down
Spinney Hill to M25 Bridge. Turn Left into Scout HQ before crossing M25 Ample car parking and shower facilities are again available. KESCRG direction signs (Yellow A4 size with Basingstoke Canal Camp) will be posted in the St Johns Area, indicating the way to the actual accommodation and from West Byfleet Station to the site. Regular train services run from London Waterloo to both Woking and West Byfleet. We shall pick up at half hourly intervals between 10:00 hours and 14:00 hours on the Saturday only; we will also meet alternative trains, if prior arrangements are made. Volunteers should ensure they are waiting at the correct exit on platform 5 at Woking Station. The accommodation is about 4 miles from the station. The work site is about 800 yards from West Byfleet Station. |
This should be varied and will spread across two major sites. Team Leaders for these sites will be Ken Parish and James Hodgson. Work normally starts at about 09:00 and finishes at about 17:00 with a break on site for lunch. Tea and coffee making facilities will also be available during the day.
The project to install the second phase of the back pumping scheme between locks 7 and 11 (St Johns Flight) to overcome water shortages, requires the construction of a pumping station at Lock 7. There is a requirement to improve the water level control between all of the locks. This will involve the construction of new crest weirs at each of the locks. The increased water flows have caused the existing bywash channels to fail. Our primary tasks will be to excavate the existing works. ascertain what needs to be done and tio omplement the repairs, all of which which will provide ample areas for volunteers to tackle a variety of tasks. . The work will be based on various locks over about a half mile apart section of the canal at St Johns. No previous experience is necessary as we have our own registered instructors.
| Site
1 Lock 7 |
Install a new water main to pump house and widen the access road to facilitate access for delivery vehicles. Will utilise mini diggers, dumpers and vibrating rollers. Added advantage on this site will be the shade. |
| Site 2
Lock 7 and Lock 11 Woodham |
Construction of new crest weirs. This will involve excavations, piling,concreting and bricklaying. Will utilise mini diggers, breakers, piling equipment. This will be the primary task. |
Note more precise details will be available nearer the work camp.
Volunteers will have opportunities to work on both sites and will also be expected to participate in the domestic activities of the camp. This may involve helping to prepare the meals or just washing up.
Although we expect you to work fairly hard during the day, we also know that you are here to enjoy yourself and to that end we have arranged a full range of social activities, including visits to the Basingstoke Canal Museum and other parts of the canal, swimming, a barbecue, skittles etc. Something will be arranged for each night of your visit and it is entirely up top you as to whether you wish to take part. You will have to pay the various admission charges but free transport is provided.
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