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Apr 1, 2023
Boat trips at Easter
The PCAS trip Boat New Horizons will be running short trips on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Bring the kids and they can...
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Mar 27, 2023
Bird nesting season
The Canal & River Trust has issued a notice about a nesting swan near Sandhill Lock: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/24606-nesting...
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Mar 26, 2023
Getting New Horizons ready for Easter
Despite a poor weather forecast yesterday, the rain held off and the PCAS trip boat was cleaned inside and out to get ready for the first...
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Mar 19, 2023
SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT...
.The first PCAS event of 2023 was an illustrated talk by Graham Sykes about his steam-powered rocket bIke, Force of Nature. Graham has...
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Mar 1, 2023
New issue of Double Nine
The latest issue of the PCAS magazine has been sent to members. If you are not a member you can join PCAS via our online shop: ...
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Feb 9, 2023
Bring your boat to the Pocklington Canal
The IWA Silver Propeller Challenge is to encourage boaters to visit underused waterways and the Pocklington Canal. is one of the current...
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Jan 4, 2023
2023 CALENDAR – SORRY NOW SOLD OUT
Last chance to buy our calendar. The price has been reduced to £6 each, with free delivery. All the best for 2023.
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Dec 16, 2022
Christmas gifts
Still have some Christmas Presents to buy? Not sure what to get? Why not check out our website shop. https://www.pocklingtoncanalsociety....
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Nov 7, 2022
Annual Lunch
Our Annual Lunch is on Sunday 27 November and this year the venue is the Black Horse at Seaton Ross. Members can find the menu and...
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Oct 19, 2022
Sunday boat trips
Sunday trips on New Horizons end on the last Sunday of October, so there are only two more Sundays this year to bring the kids and let...
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Sep 14, 2022
PCAS Open Day
Click to view the full poster. The trip boat will be running from 10:00.
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Aug 12, 2022
Heatwave
From Steve Ashby, our bookings manager for New Horizons: Because of the continuing lack of rain and consequent low water levels, as well...
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Aug 8, 2022
2023 PCAS Calendar now available
Click on Shop button on the PCAS website to find out about all our PCAS merchandise. You can also join PCAS via our online shop, and...
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Aug 5, 2022
Sunday boat trips restart
PCAS had to stop boat trips in mid-July because of the shortage of water in the canal. We will restart short trips on Sunday 7 August. ...
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Jul 31, 2022
IWA Silver Propeller Challenge
The Inland Waterways Association runs this challenge to promote underused navigable waterways. To complete the challenge you take a...
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Jul 25, 2022
Himalayan balsam bashing at Melbourne basin
On 22 and 23 July a working party was arranged by Canal & River Trust to tackle the Himalayan balsam at Melbourne. The land on the west...
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Jul 20, 2022
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
Could you spare one afternoon per month to help us? We need more volunteers to help cover the opening of our Information Centre at Canal...
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Jul 4, 2022
Himalayan Balsam
Please can you come along and help pull out some Himalayan Balsam. It is easy to do and easy to identify, but must be done before it...
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Jun 28, 2022
Robbie Cumming visits the Pocklington Canal
Many will have seen Canal Boat Diaries on BBC TV. Robbie's boat, the Naughty Lass arrived in Melbourne Arm recently. It is not known...
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