Spotted on Canal Walk

@Ronrybs (21497)
London, England
March 28, 2023 10:18am CST
A welcome change on the canal is the stairs. Before, when it was muddy, you would take two steps up and slide back one and sometimes need to go up on all fours! Now there is much surer footing and a handy ramp, on the left hand side, so that you can wheel your bike alongside fairly easily. The old cottage I have known since I was a youngster has finally succumbed to elements and the roof has collapsed with the, very wet and windy, winter storms. I think the brick walls will survive for a while longer, unless the landowner has plans for it. One thing, if a building has no roof, I do believe you don’t have to pay a property tax on it! Lastly a guitar hanging from a tree. No idea why, but not all the strings are there, so maybe it was damaged or someone just gave up trying to be a guitar hero. It has since disappeared, so it could be that there is a musical fox out there!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Mar 23
How odd to see the upside down guitar. You never know what you will see. Thanks for sharing.
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
28 Mar 23
Gotta love the canal, lots of strange things to see!
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
28 Mar 23
@CarolDM Keeps my interest alive
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Mar 23
@Ronrybs Never a dull moment it seems. Keeps life interesting.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
Those steps certainly look a good idea. On some of our regularly travelled roads, we pass a couple of old sheds that are gradually leaning over more and more. One day they'll succumb to gravity and hit the ground. Do you like the photo? We were told the bike wouldn't start one day so the farmer hauled it up the tree. lol
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
@Ronrybs It remained a landmark for many years. He must have been having an off day! lol
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
29 Mar 23
I suppose it was something to do, but I wouldn't have bothered!
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
28 Mar 23
It is an abandoned treasure Ron!! Now and the guitar hero souvenir..gone. I love these places you go.
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• United States
29 Mar 23
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
28 Mar 23
You'll never know what you find next and you get to have a good think as you go along
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@jstory07 (148730)
• Roseburg, Oregon
31 Mar 23
It would be weird to see a upside down guitar.
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
2 Apr 23
Even more so, just casually swinging from a tree branch
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@Fleura (35005)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 23
Whereabouts is this? Love the idea of a musical fox!
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
28 Mar 23
The stairs are on the Slough Arm, the cottage is in Iver - the Dellafield estate if I remember right and lastly on the Grand Union Canal right by the West Drayton bridge
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@Gilljane (2897)
• Sutton, England
3 Oct 23
The guitar got strung up
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@Ronrybs (21497)
• London, England
3 Oct 23
I think you win the worst joke!
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@Gilljane (2897)
• Sutton, England
5 Oct 23
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