Initial support came from the Seagull Trust. This charitable organisation uses boats adapted for disabled users. Bluebells layout was acceptable for this at one time, but new guidelines meant she couldn't continue to fulfill the requirement. This is how she arrived with us.
When Roseann could finally avoid renewal of platework no longer, BVT Surface Fleet in Glasgow stepped in to help us make her ship-shape again. Well, actually, they ended up building us a new boat! Roseann II is not currently in use due to mooring fees and costs that we cannot justify, but the trust continues to own Roseann and she is likely to be hired out to a neighbouring society, to be recalled should the need arise.
You can read all about the Union Canal on a larger scale, by following some of the links to the left, under the heading "Canals in Scotland". For the purposes of this brief description, I'll focus on our patch of the canal between Bridge 19, which is a bridge carrying farm traffic over the canal just West of the magnificent Almond aqueduct, to Bridge 40 which carries road traffic over the canal.
Bridge 19 is about 10.5 miles from Edinburgh Quay (regarded as the start of the canal), and Bridge 40 is 17.3 miles from Edinburgh Quay, which gives the Bridge 19-40 Canal Society around 7 miles of canal to look after.
The Bridge 19-40 Canal Society is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Edinburgh and it is also a registered charity no SC023110.
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