Canals Need Friends Too

We like some of the improvements made to Blogger very much, especially the ability to write posts in advance and schedule them to publish at a date and time of our choosing. It means that when we go off on one of our adventures there isn't a big gap in the posts while we are out of internet contact, as we often are on our action adventures.

So, no doubt, as the posts kept coming, most of our readers have been blissfully unaware that we were away last week doing more research for the Friendly Planet Guide. As a result we have another set of pictures to share with you and some intrepid tales, but first we must finish the pictures from our Avon Ring trip.

Not long after seeing that dilapidated boat I told you about last time, I noticed the canal needed a bit of T.L.C. too.


Sadly sights such as this one of crumbling brickwork at the entrance to a lock or on a bridge support are all too common. Most of the damage could be avoided if boaters would just slow down a bit as they approach narrow passages. Being in a hurry on a canal is, to me, a cardinal sin, as it goes against everything a canal holiday should be about.

If we didn't live in Norfolk and out of reach of the canal network, I think many of us would spend a lot of our weekends helping as volunteers with friends of the canals groups. It would be great to be able to play a part in restoring canals which have fallen out of use and repairing those which are in use but need some T.L.C. to stay in fine fettle.

In our next picture you see some friends of ours doing their bit to keep the canals flowing smoothly.


All this debris had to be removed before we I could drive Muscovy into the lock, so I was very grateful for this willingly given assistance.

Lots of love Eddie & friends xxx