Car in the Cov

[tree monkey]

A quick heads up, a small camper is in the Coventry canal by bridge 48, it should be possible to get by, CRT have been informed. 

 

[Jennifer McM]

This is at the Ashby Junction right?

 

It's the second time this has happened that we've seen at that spot, and we've only been boaters for 4 years  

 

It might be cheaper in the long-run to erect large bollards where the cars park to stop the local scalawags (I'm being polite) from having their 'fun'.

Edited July 1, 2019 by Jennifer McM

[tree monkey]

It's right by the grendon services

[Jennifer McM]

Ha... wrong side of the Atherstone flight. 

[RLWP]

1 hour ago, Jennifer McM said:

It might be cheaper in the long-run to erect large bollards where the cars park to stop the local scalawags (I'm being polite) from having their 'fun'.

Knowing that location, this looks far more like an accident than something malicious

[tree monkey]

10 minutes ago, RLWP said:

Knowing that location, this looks far more like an accident than something malicious

Although there is a history of minor theft from cars and 1 occasion of a car pushed deliberately into the canal, although that was a good few years ago.

 

At this point we don't know what caused this

[RLWP]

[tree monkey]

7 minutes ago, RLWP said:

I told BSP to shave this morning and she wouldn't listen 

[RLWP]

6 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

I told BSP to shave this morning and she wouldn't listen 

@BlueStringPudding !

 

Richard

[tree monkey]

14 minutes ago, RLWP said:

@BlueStringPudding !

 

Richard

Ohhhh you tell tale 

[RLWP]

1 minute ago, tree monkey said:

Ohhhh you tell tale 

Payback for your Facebook comment

[tree monkey]

8 minutes ago, RLWP said:

Payback for your Facebook comment

You don't look a day over 35 young man

[Ray T]

1 hour ago, tree monkey said:

You don't look a day over 35 young man

Creep! 

[Wiltshire Moonraker]

@tree monkey CRT are sending a crane to fish it out; left Gloucester Docks this morning should be with you soon if it does't get stuck in any bridge 'oles

 

[ditchcrawler]

22 minutes ago, Wiltshire Moonraker said:

@tree monkey CRT are sending a crane to fish it out; left Gloucester Docks this morning should be with you soon if it does't get stuck in any bridge 'oles

 

Whong thread, should be march of the wide beams?‍♂️

[tree monkey]

Well unless it's drifted off all on it's own and it's off on it's adventures someone has removed it.

 

[cuthound]

I'm struggling to work out how the van got there. The bridge is undamaged, the towpath isn't wide enough to drive on, and he must have been reversing at some considerable speed if he overshot the end of the parking area by the services.

[tree monkey]

Just now, cuthound said:

I'm struggling to work out how the van got there. The bridge is undamaged, the towpath isn't wide enough to drive on, and he must have been reversing at some considerable speed if he overshot the end of the parking area by the services.

It's a regular overnight parker so likely from the car park not the road and as you point out no damage to the bridge

 

I don't know how it got in but most cars will float for a short while, the prevailing wind would push in that direction,  combined with momentum from the drive into the canal

[cuthound]

2 hours ago, tree monkey said:

Well unless it's drifted off all on it's own and it's off on it's adventures someone has removed it.

 

 

The owner probably called the AA and told them the carburettor was flooded.

 

They're not called the "4th emergency service" for nothing. ?

Edited July 1, 2019 by cuthound
Grandma

[BlueStringPudding]

On 01/07/2019 at 09:50, RLWP said:

@BlueStringPudding !

 

Richard

You grass him up good, Richard! ?

 

Monkey in trouble now. 

I missed all the excitement, unfortunately. 

[tree monkey]

On 01/07/2019 at 10:07, RLWP said:

Payback for your Facebook comment

Look what you've gone and done now

[RLWP]

2 hours ago, tree monkey said:

Look what you've gone and done now

Face? Bothered?