Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 27th August, 2023)

It would be an ideal photo for St Patrick's day.

I was reading yesterday they have started clearing the nanny green teeth/duckweed out of the canal because it is getting to over come the water and getting too thick.

Mike, I’m not familiar with this area, but it’s a lovely shot of St James church and it’s surroundings.

Lovely pic,despite the 'nanny greenteeth'

That's a lovely view and I love the fact that the leaves are starting to fall; I love Autumn.

I like the church in the distance it makes a nice rural scene. You wouldn't have seen the green stagnant gunge years ago when the canals were in use. I suppose the overhanging trees and so much rain doesn’t help either. Autumn is moving in fast….

A similar photo was on the other day.

A very similar shot was on PaD on the 23rd, so the same comments as that day.

Great photo Mike, the swathe of trees seems to lead your eyes to the church tower of St. James & St. Thomas, a wonderful sky too.

Also it seems to be 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Dog Walker.'

Veronica - the canals are still very heavily used by pleasure craft. The weed you see here and in the earlier image at Haigh is the result of very little traffic passing through Wigan in the past couple of months. Locks on the Wigan Flight have been under repair, and there was a serious problem at Burscough, which closed the canal - so there has been no through traffic to inhibit the weed growth. As we're now nearing the end of the most popular time in the boating season there may not be enough boats around to clear the weed - so weed-clearers may need to be called in.
Although duck weed is a relatively light surface growth, it's still like trying to push through thick soup in a boat.

I glanced over to the canal at Rose Bridge driving back from Wigan on Friday and saw the duckweed there.It must be taking over a lot of the water.

Not Autumn yet Irene, with all this wind and rain, no wonder some leafs and branches are down.

Bike it along that stretch regular Mike but cannot recollect as much Nanny Green Teeth as there is this year .

I only ever heard it called Jinny Green Teeth.

Well,it's always been nanny in Ince and Hindley.

That is a heartfelt view for me, Mike. Almost a hundred years ago my parents were married in that Church, and we later buried their ashes in the Church Garden.
Thank you dearly.

Alan

The correct word is algae not duckweed. And It's toxic.

Yes it’s just as well the boats use the canals to keep the gunge away. It would be far worse Rev. David if there were no boats at all on the canals. Certainly needs clearing before Winter or it will be worse than ever next year.

Jeanette,I know this is a hard to solve question..my ex Son in Law lives in Ince,higher or lower I do not know..it seems that a lot of people know him,I have been trying to ring him but all I'm getting is voicemail..I'm worried about him,he always kept in touch until this last couple of weeks..his name is Steve Foster...thank you.heres hoping.

Malc, the correct word is Duckweed or Lemnoideae, as was commented on the canal photo the other day. It is not an algae and is not toxic and you could actually eat it, though the canal water probably wouldn't do you any good. In fact Wigan Today reported on the green canal:
https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/weird-green-carpet-returns-to-wigans-canal-network-what-is-it-4259877

It's algae please don't try and eat it.

There is something about a photo with a church on, it always catches people's eye.Thank you Mike, lovely sky.

If you fall into the canal on the Poolstock bend you don't have much chance of getting out, unless you have a ladder.

We always called that stuff ginny green teeth