Your stories

Meet Lucie

I work in youth engagement for the Canal & River Trust. I spend a lot of my time meeting people and groups to get a sense of what’s going on in the youth sector and the wider world, so that I can figure out how the Trust can play a role in that.

Thomas, around the West Midlands

I work in the West Midlands inspecting canals for the Canal & River Trust. Things like the towpaths, locks, sluices, embankments and facilities for boaters have all got to be checked regularly.

Alex, Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal

I love my job – the variety and the people I work with. But the best bit is doing the same work that my dad did, something that sparked my own enthusiasm for the canals.

Becky, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port

I’m the collections manager for the Canal & River Trust’s museums. My team and I look after 15,000 objects and 76 national historic ships across our museums at Gloucester, Ellesmere Port, Stoke Bruerne and at our other attractions around the country.

Victoria & Alex, Farmer’s Bridge Locks

I work with young refugees and my partner Alex is a deputy manager for a company selling electrical equipment. I walk to work every day along the canal, it's so much nicer than getting in the car and sitting in traffic.

Rob & Jane, Marsworth Locks

We've heard people say there's a good chance of seeing a murmuration of starlings around the water of Tring Reservoirs at the moment, so that's why we're heading there along the Grand Union Canal today. We've travelled from Chesham, which is about ten miles away.

Harvey, Whilton Marina

I seem to have come full circle. I was brought up in the village of Whilton in Northamptonshire and now here I am again working at the marina.

Caroline, Thrupp, Oxford canal

They can stand so perfectly still, and for so long. If I see a heron I look at them and think, 'Is that a statue?' And then it moves. I just love walking up and down the canal and seeing the wildlife. I come here whenever I can.

Liz & Eddie, Marsworth Reservoir, Grand Union Canal

He's not mine, this is a business walk. I run a dog-walking business and day care centre for dogs and he’s one of my little customers.