However, things are changing and our rivers - Old and New - are very much in the news at the moment.
Ken Harrison's recent feature for Brigg Blog about farmers' market boat trips being established from the White Hart pub jetty was soon followed by Ancholme Rowing Club getting a grant from the Town Council towards the purchase of a new boat for members to use.
The return of boat trips around The Island, as we call it, means that the boat emblem included on the Welcome to Brigg signs (see picture at the bottom of this post) is a correct indicator of what the town has to offer.
Meanwhile, we are hearing many complimentary comments about the refurbished towpath, starting from the steps near the County Bridge.
And last, but by no means least, there are development plans for Brigg Marina alongside the Old River - best viewed from across the water on Cadney Road, although it is located off Mill Lane.
Ken has just taken the top picture for us, showing berthing jetties.
Permission for all-year-round holiday useage is currently being sought from North Lincolnshire Council planners, with log cabins already approved for the site.
Brigg & Goole MP Andrew Percy, now a government minister, went online recently to stress ours is a town on the up. These few examples, we feel, help to support his view.
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There's a log-cabin holiday park on the outskirts of Kirton Lindsey, Nige.
ps...the photo of the marina was taken during a recent Round the Island boat trip.
The skipper, Martin Allott kindly diverted the Fire Fly into the marina for a closer inspection.
To the south there are a range of jetties for mooring boats....and there is a slipway, or ramp for slipping boats in and out of the water. This slipway, like the one at the Glandford Boat Club, is private.....Brigg could do with its own public slipway for Joe Public.
While on the slight diversion, someone cutting the grass...and a digger, or bucket machine in the photo perhaps demonstrates work is still in progress.
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