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	Welcome to the official site for the Bude Canal and Harbour Society. HERE ARE EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARIES ! Sunday 10th June Society stall at Bude Motor Classic Event at the Rugby Ground Saturday 23rd June Coach Trip to Padstow with boat trip to Wadebridge and back and optional visit to Prideaux Place. Click for booking form Saturday 21st July Rolle Canal Society visit to the Bude Canal including Merrifield, Hobbacott, the Barge Section and Bude Aqueduct Sunday 5th Aug Bude Stratton Heritage Day Saturday 11th Aug   Garden Tea Party at The Barn House, Higher Penallt organised by Bude Canal Trust. 2pm to 5pm. £4 per person. Saturday 18th Aug  Society stall at Bude Carnival. Saturday 25th Aug Society stall at RNLI Lifeboat weekend. New - Tide Timetables for Bude Lock Gates See righthand column Canal Regeneration Bude Report on the Regeneration Project - adapted from article in revised Bude Canal Past and Present as below. Photo Album Chris Jewell has been out photographing the Canal Regeneration from day one . During much of the regeneration period the Canal towpaths, locks and features have been closed to the public. Now you can see how the wonderful regeneration took place - We have had a resuffle of the photos so to speak, taken some off and added some NEW ones. Curently there are 422 photographs from Chris' album and they are here for you to enjoy. Remember the photos are copyrighted to Chris so don't abuse his hard work - feel free to email comments. Begin your voyage of discovery of Bude Canal Regeneration here Start by clicking on the albums and then the pictures to enlarge them and move back and forth to view them - there is a help button too - please be patient - the pictures are detailed and some computers will take a few more seconds to download - it's worth the wait!   The Updated Reprint of "BUDE CANAL - PAST AND PRESENT" is now available from B.C.H.S. and includes a NEW chapter on the recent Regeneration Project. The book is STILL only £5.50 and we are able to offer free delivery to EX23 and EX22 postcode areas. Outside of these areas please add £1.00 to the price to cover post and postage. Make cheques payable to "Bude Canal and Harbour Society" and send with your own details to "Hon Treasurer", Chris Jewell at 4A The Crescent, Bude, Cornwall EX23 8LE. Also the society has produced a booklet entitled "The Bude Canal - some interesting facts". It is based on the collation of a number of leaflets about various aspects of the canal. The booklet will be sold at £1.99 each. It is hoped that BCHS will supply this booklet to some local tourist centres for resale. If you would like a copy send your remittance of £1.99 payable to"Bude Canal & Harbour Society" - details as above except if you live away from Bude 50p postage.     We are delighted to be able to bring you the BUDE CANAL MAP 1904 with eight delightfully reproduced maps together with introduction and full surveyor's notes for each map. Special thanks to The National Lottery, Awards for All and Bude-Stratton Town Council - among others - for making this possible. We now have 30 issues of The Tub Boat available on this site, together with all photos - just follow the link above - makes very interesting reading! In fact all Tub Boat issues since the Spring of 2003 are available to download from this site! Transportation of Sand Did you know that you can join the Society and support its work from only £5 a year? Membership form - click here for form Renewing your membership? - click here for form Also find out more in our Membership section   Website design and maintenance by Jacki Stephens		Tide Timetables for Bude Lock Gates Jan - Dec 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012 Contact Us ... info@bude-canal.co.uk New Tub Boat Newsletter Easter-Spring 2012   ** We now provid e the newsletters and some booking forms, posters etc in pdf format for ease of printing. If you do not have the brilliant Adobe Reader - please click here to download this first.