Canal Users
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin – Fridays
Gloucester & District Model Boat Club – The Home of Model Boating and Yachting in the Gloucester area. The Club has been using Over Canal Basin for about 20 years now, on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon. They generally meet around 1:30pm and depart about 4:30pm (unless it is a really nice summer’s day, and they could still be there until 6:30pm). Wednesday afternoon is mainly a “Motor boat” […]
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin – Wednesdays
Gloucester & District Model Boat Club – The Home of Model Boating and Yachting in the Gloucester area. The Club has been using Over Canal Basin for about 20 years now, on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon. They generally meet around 1:30pm and depart about 4:30pm (unless it is a really nice summer’s day, and they could still be there until 6:30pm). Wednesday afternoon is mainly a “Motor boat” […]
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club at Over Basin – Wednesdays
Gloucester & District Model Boat Club – The Home of Model Boating and Yachting in the Gloucester area. The Club has been using Over Canal Basin for about 20 years now, on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon. They generally meet around 1:30pm and depart about 4:30pm (unless it is a really nice summer’s day, and they could still be there until 6:30pm). Wednesday afternoon is mainly a “Motor boat” […]
Canal Walk Leaflets Updated
Over the past twelve months the six existing Canal Walk leaflets have been updated, and can now be purchased online. A seventh Walk, planned around Ashperton, is in the course of preparation and should be available shortly.
Water based activities at Over Basin
With lots of activities occurring at our Over Basin location we have allocated days to different organisations as follows; Sailing4Disabled operate on the water on Tuesdays Model Boats use the Water on Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays Discover Paddling use the water on Saturdays The H&GCT working parties day each week is typically Thursday and fishing is allowed via the Yellow Cap Fishing Club (YCFC) See more on the above on […]
Over Festival 2017
Over Festival 2017 Report – Volunteer Jenny Birkett reports on her first Over Festival experience…. ..being a new volunteer, I was impressed to see how the volunteers got on with our jobs in good humour. After Friday’s preparation it was great to see the Festival take shape on Saturday morning in time for the visitors. My role was to help in the refreshment tent very ably organised by Margaret. The […]
Over Basin Walk & Cycle Leaflet
The H&G CT Canal Walk leaflets are proving very popular with members and each includes part of the route of our Canal. We have just published a sixth walk leaflet – although this time it is equally suitable for cycles. Three picturesque routes to Over Basin from the villages of Higham and Maisemore and Gloucester City Docks. All three have well-maintained, all-weather surfaces and are suitable for walking or cycling. This enjoyable […]
Sailing4Disabled
Sailing4Disabled has be running for many years in various guises, but no longer sail actively as a club. Our sub-section, Rowing Pirates does however meet regularly at Over Basin. We are a mixed ability group that get together every Tuesday to row/paddle a Katakanu up and down the Over Basin/Vineyard Hill section of the Hereford and Gloucester canal Background Originating in the ‘Sailing 4 Disabled’ group, external changes meant we found […]
Gloucester and District Model Boat Club
We meet weekly at a number of sailing venues including Gloucester Docks, Over canal basin at the Gloucester end of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire canal and Saul Junction at the junction of the Gloucester-Sharpness canal and the Stroud Water canal. Further information on these sites can be found by clicking on the Sailing Venues tab on our website. Our Club was founded around 1990 and has grown from a small […]
Sailing4Disabled
The H&G CT is very pleased to welcome another regular user at Over Sailing4Disabled. The club now meets every Tuesday between 11 and 2 at Over Canal Basin and it is open to anyone – whether they have a disability or not. The club’s leader, Pete Bisson says “The way our club measures its success is if people come back over and over again and that makes us think that […]