Seems like only yesterday that the Erewash had its massive de clutter of debris lying in, out and around the canal. But it's been nearly a year since the last C&RT butty was full of rusty bikes, the usual shopping trolleys, tyres, general rubbish, etc and the odd motor bike or two. With the main canal cleanup event happening in a few days, ECP&DA were asked by C&RT to do a rubbish pickup along the towpath from Langley Mill to Shipley lock.
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| Getting ready |
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| Dave, Ernie, Paul and Ian |
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| Careful!!!!!!!! |
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| C&RT moving the butty in readiness of the main event. |
After a couple of hours of hard graph, 7 complete bags of rubbish and 5 very weary volunteers, we eventually met Michael (work party organiser ) at Shipley lock. There he filled his van with all the full black bags and, while Ian went back to Langley with Michael in the van, Paul, Dave and Ernie walked the couple of miles back to grab a well earned cup of tea. As for me, I took myself and Jade for a walk along the disused Nottingham canal and came across the first sighting of ducklings this year.
I managed to get a photograph of an elusive wren and even got a couple of shots of a heron taking flight when I came across it unexpectedly and all on a canal barely in water. Proves that fish must still exist in even the shallowest of water.
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