I was walking around Nags Head Island when somebody asked whether I had seen the otter. He said one visits there.
What I did see was a sunken boat called Wreckless, with a notice fixed to the cabin that began: ‘NOTICE TO REMOVE SUNK, STRANDED OR ABANDONED VESSEL.’
Beneath Abingdon Bridge the water was swirling – dull brown with carried mud. The river is running higher than yesterday and has spilled over the banks in places.
I was also told this evening that Abingdon Bridge is to close for a few days in March. For some, that will mean finding another way to work at Culham that doesn’t involve driving across the bridge. The structure has already seen long restrictions: first with a lane closed during the Covid shutdown, and later when strengthening work was carried out on one of the arches. This time, I understand, inspection work is planned for the other arches.
After doing some research, l’ve found out that the sunken boat Wreckless, belongs to a Mr. A. G. Trotter of Nelson Mandela House, Peckham .
Only adding to the number of sunken vessels on the Thames locally. Unless they are directly in the way of a route, nothing gets done about them because boat owners often don’t have the money to rescue them, so they just sit rotting and polluting and taking up valuable mooring space.
Boat Breakers East Anglia” (on FB) will come and collect your abandoned/sunken/wrecked boat FOR FREE.