There are exciting plans - involving Brigg Town Council and others - to try and realise the untapped potential of the River Ancholme this year. Leaving aside the revamp of the County Bridge (a more complex issue) it's intended to tidy up the river and its banks and step up weed cutting. Community-minded volunteers will be called upon to help.One of the hopes is to attract more boat-owning visitors who will tie up their craft, look round the town and utilise local businesses and services. After all, we have a Tourist Information Centre and are on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, with its nice countryside, walks like the Viking Way and interesting villages, plus attractions like Wrawby and Kirton mills.
Our picture - looking towards Cadney - shows the Old River Ancholme, with Manley Gardens on the right and the railway bridge away in the distance. This is a popular stretch for anglers.
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Good.....but before anyone boater comes to Brigg there needs to be a decent mooring jetty.
The one near the new bridge is wrongly placed; the boaters' sluice/toilet block has been vandalised and the water point similarly useless.
Suggest someone contructs moorings near the Milly Park and enhance with sluice/toilet and water facilities.
And then have a fleet of about 6 rowing boats for the public to hire.
And then for Brigg TC to organise a model boat competition on the river.
And then encourage people to feed the ducks/swans treated seed. Bread, like fertilizer over-spill, encourages the unsightly build up of blue/green algae in the summer
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