The ACA held their AGM at Measham Leisure Centre on 14th April 2026 with 20 people in attendance. Chairman Peter Oakden reviewed the past year whilst Treasurer Bob Taylor outlined the financial position. The ACA committee had earlier proposed to raise the annual subscription rates for the first time in eleven years and these rate increases were ratified by those attending.

The AGM lasted 30 minutes and it was followed by an informative and witty talk by historian John Parry on Burton’s Trent Navigation in the 18th Century. Through the short-lived Bond End Canal, of which now only Horninglow Basin is in water, there was to be a direct connection with the original proposed route of the Ashby Canal.