Pete Redway (4th from right), Chairman of the Surrey & Hants Canal Sociey, explains the weekends work

The view from Monument Road Bridge on Saturday morning

There was many bonfires..

... which involved lots of sawing ...

... and not a few tea breaks!

Impeneratable jungle!

Girl Andi cuts down a small tree with a big saw ...

... whilst John Gale does the opposite!

Pretty reflection picture

Not all the bonfires started that easily

The nearest supermarket was miles away!

Some people cleared the bank using a punt ...

... whilst others had much bigger toys

Washing the bucket

OK, you try taking pictures into the Sun

A desperate bid to get away from the smoke!

We eventually cleared about half a mile of the offside bank ...

... and it was all done by these people (and by many others who had left by then and the many in the accommodation who did the coking and cleaning).

In all 145 peolple attended the weekend