During the lull in operations at the lagoon, a few observations were noticeable.
First, a few Canada geese have started to return to the lagoon- now that they are able to fly again after the moulting period has ended, and the goslings start to fledge.
But the level of the geotextile is not very deep at all- infact there are signs that it is rising to the surface- just as it did with the trial acouple of years ago.
around 3 metres from the edge of the North embankmet-” fancy a paddle?”
Thirdly the cracks starting to emerge in the much battered North embankment. This clearly shows after just a few short weeks and fairly ordinary weather the potential for further slippage.
Last week on their return, the Heyrmans set about adding more top soil to cover this up.
The arrival of this material via John’s Lane caused some intrigue at first. It was apparent that a large dump of spoil had accumulated next to the Rhodia fenceline on the canal side.
Curiouser and curiouser- where was it coming from?
Then I saw the arrival of a Coleman and Co lorry tentatively making its way up the completely unsuitable trackway in reverse to drop off another load.
So a waste material- albeit supposedly “inert” being deposited in an area with no waste management licence. Some people would call this fly tipping- especially when this land does not even belong to Rhodia/Solvay. Then more lorries quickly followed under the same cover. It quickly became apparent that Bonaparte- with his long arm was scooping the material over the fence- for his compatriots Napoleon and Wee willie winkie to spread over the North embankment. And I thought that the purpose of creating a wider causeway path was for this purpose?
And then the inevitable health and safety signs that people could not help but seeing- after they would have been run over by the heavy tonnage of a giant truck.
You aint on the friggin site!
But on they continued and by the end of the week a load of soil covered the North embankment- (the original soil of which is known to be heavily contaminated with a range of material has been carted around the site for dispersal- including nearer to the houses.)
All this maybe despite leaving the top end of John’s Lane like a mudbath could have been forgiven- but then the tacky deposition of loose stones to fill in the potholes they had helped create, that had obviously been left over from the reconstructed causeway path. Typical! What is it with this company and filling in holes with old rubble?
And all up the canalsideway too!
These are not exactly small bricks which leaves one asking the question who would be liable if some poor little kiddy came along and slipped and broke their arm on the surface, or came off their bikes? Those poor little kiddies on their school Summer holidays!
Then there are the trains, the boats that use the canal- and most importantly to us – the wildlife who are always targeted with such debris.
I don’t think they really care about this-Where is the Quaker spirit? But their vehicles left on their own site have glass windows in them- so perhaps they may like to kindly remove this crap off the highway. The local pauper youths in “bingo-bingoland”- (Sandwell), are not particularly that concerned at what they chuck at!
“Please Sir, I want some more”