Serious Pollution from Hinckley to Stoke Golding

Stoke Golding  to Sutton Wharf Bridge to Wooden Top Bridge, Ashby Canal, 3.5 miles 0 locks

I unloaded the pics from my camera this evening and had forgotten that I had taken some pictures of some serious pollution.  I phoned EA about it as it had been drifting up the Ashby Canal past us as where we were moored for three days, but seemingly because I did not have a post code of the exact place it was going to be difficult for them to find out where I meant.  Look at this lot… 

And again..

It was only when we pulled the pins at Hinckley that I realised how serious this pollution was.  It had spread all the way to Stoke Golding.. and it smelt horrid too.  I think I know where it has come from, and took a picture of the place just before we left Hinckley, which I will now pass on to the Environment Agency and hopefully they will deal with it.  Tis a pity that they need to know a Post Code to be able to act though I thought.

Cruising around the system all year round has great advantages for the different authorities, such as what I have seen above, which will hopefully be cleaned up before any fish or wild foul are killed.  Much is the same with locks, fallen trees, and even stolen cars that disappear into the canal, being on the waterways all through the winter keeps the authorities aware of anything out in the ordinary in the places we travel.

Today though a taste of Christmas, as we pass a very festive narrowboat at Sutton Wharf Bridge after topping up with water and turning back…

We are making our way back towards Nuneaton ready for Saturday when we will be traveling from Nuneaton station ‘dan saff’ for the annual works Xmas do! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since the last one.  Can’t wait to see all the family, and of course all the staff in the family business that I tend only to meet on this occasion.. but a few days to go yet…

I enjoyed today.. maybe it was because the weather was so lovely with the winter sun causing me to have to shut the curtains while I worked a while on the computer this morning.. yes I do a bit of work here on No Problem, although retired, I have one or two tasks to help out with the running of the family business.. I like that, but never get involved in decision making, leaving that to the younger members of the family.. oh and washing today.. 4 loads done.  The services are not in abundance on the Ashby, and water has to be carefully used.  But today was services day, and I knew we would be filling with water.. Still managed to fit in a really nice short circular walk though at the end of the day