Nicholas Coombes joined local volunteers and British Waterways to clear up the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bathwick.
The volunteers picked up 20 sacks of rubbish from the towpath and verges between the Bath Locks and Bathampton. Finds included a trolley and TV aerial both secreted in the vegetation below Sham Castle Lane. Marker posts and information boards were re-painted at the stretch opposite Sydney Buildings.
“Volunteering projects like this are really good,” said Cllr Coombes. “A few hours work for fifteen people has made a real difference to our area. It was warm and sunny which helped make for a fun, sociable morning.”
It would be interesting to see if your experience above would give impetus to Loughborough Council, who are adamant that it is BW’s responsibility to clear towpaths of litter and dog foulings, espescially as it is their inhabitants, in the main, that use the towpath.