tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post7244275842629159765..comments2023-09-12T16:31:52.155+01:00Comments on Narrowboat Barnet: Walsall Canal, A CanalScape-BCN inspection cruise with Dean Davies from BW aboard.Barnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03078887923476142248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-2787779282630171082017-04-12T12:07:17.766+01:002017-04-12T12:07:17.766+01:00Does anyone know what condition the tow paths are ...Does anyone know what condition the tow paths are in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-37067047593043728432017-04-06T16:47:43.057+01:002017-04-06T16:47:43.057+01:00I think that is very true. The explorer cruises an...I think that is very true. The explorer cruises and the challenge help a lot and there are a few more intrepid individuals these days. It's petfectly navigable but best avoided in sunny weekend afternoons!Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-9626171221938494742017-04-06T13:36:01.430+01:002017-04-06T13:36:01.430+01:00... perhaps more canal traffic through these isola...... perhaps more canal traffic through these isolated places will naturally deter criminals and once more people are moving along the canal, this may generate more interest in clean-up work, helping to kick-start a more sustainable situation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-62577634423133680062017-04-04T07:59:29.153+01:002017-04-04T07:59:29.153+01:00To be fair to the Walsall Canal it mad benefited f...To be fair to the Walsall Canal it mad benefited from a lot of clean up action in recent years and most of the heavy obstructions have gone. Of course, given the area it attracts quite a bit of light filth each winter but from a boaters point of view it is navigable if somewhat shallow in places. The explorer cruises and the challenge al least endure that, when added to the unstructured traffic it carries over 200 movements each year which stirs up the navigation channel. The surrounding remain as ininviting as ever ! Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-79965156409233792632017-04-04T01:36:16.714+01:002017-04-04T01:36:16.714+01:00I have to say this makes me feel so very sad. I n...I have to say this makes me feel so very sad. I now live in Banbury but I was born in Woodgreen, Wednesbury and brought up in Pleck until I was 18. My family were local and I remember the place as being extremely industrial and polluted. As children in the 1960's we spent hours walking along the tow path from Pleck to James Bridge and beyond. The water was the colour of mustard and filthy with rubbish then and the odd dead dog was sometimes seen but never like as described here. I remember one of the tow path bridges being wooden and full of holes... how we never fell in, I don't know. It was depressing then but it was our home and apart from the possibility of falling in, we felt pretty safe from being approached by anyone harmful. I really had hoped that regeneration work would clean up the area especially now the copper works has gone but I have just been reading Steve Haywood's book c2011 and he found the same at Spinks bridge too. My maiden name is Spinks so this depresses me even more! I think there is a culture of neglect and an opportunity for crime around the canal there. When I was a child I rarely saw a boat and I expect the lack of canal traffic leaves the canal open to the dregs of society now the manufacturing industry with its workforce has gone. Anyway, there have been a few years in between now so maybe something has been done... I doubt it though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-60442939171191056982013-11-10T18:31:43.101+00:002013-11-10T18:31:43.101+00:00Hello, I appreciate your writing. The Walsall Cana...Hello, I appreciate your writing. The Walsall Canal runs for seven miles from Ryders Green Junction to Walsall Town Wharf. Once on the cusp of being lost forever the arm has been refurbished to include mooring facilities for visitors; an innovative new art gallery is at the end of the arm and a noted arboretum lies nearby. Good day!!~ Jessica T.psychoSnailhttp://www.psychosnail.com/sailing/howtosailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-50415545428373931632010-11-08T19:38:23.930+00:002010-11-08T19:38:23.930+00:00We took Wand'ring Bark along the Walall Canal ...We took Wand'ring Bark along the Walall Canal about 18 months ago. Even at 24 inches we had touble but more with the filth than the bottom. As you say - there is little to see and I am not in a hurry to return>Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723159959388913519.post-51797549994564036252010-06-14T16:39:59.548+01:002010-06-14T16:39:59.548+01:00wont be going there anytime soon then
madcatwont be going there anytime soon then<br />madcatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com