{"id":12618,"date":"2018-06-28T19:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2018-06-28T19:23:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T18:23:05","slug":"blogathon-28-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12618","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 28\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve noticed about my occasional canal walks is the lack of maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The Canal &amp; River Trust (CART for short) get a significant amount of taxpayers&#8217; funding for maintaining and developing the canal network.<\/p>\n<p>But looking at the obvious signs of neglect along the Beeston canal, you would wonder where CART are spending their money.<\/p>\n<p>The non-towpath side of the canal is massively overgrown with weeds.<\/p>\n<p>And the depth of the canal is very reduced by watergrown weeds and mud.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like maintenance of the canal is being done on the same basis as the maintenance of our roads.<\/p>\n<p>Minimum effort for minimum money.<\/p>\n<p>It is obvious that maintenance is being carried out, but it seems to be emergency-level maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Basic stuff isn&#8217;t getting done, but the obvious fixes are.<\/p>\n<p>As evidenced by:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12619\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12619\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180626_115847-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Waterbike (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180626_115847-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180626_115847-768x576.jpg 768w, 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