More Merry Walks

Merrywalks is the worst road in Stroud for cyclists and not much fun to walk either. But in this week when I am walking I nominate the worst road for walkers. This accolade has to go to Rowcroft which used to be a row of assorted solicitors until most closed, merged or went away. The bad bit is under the railway bridge.

In the last few years the guttering which used to carry away rainwater from the tracks above has mostly crumbled and it now just drips onto the road and your head. The spikes and wire meshes that act as bird defences have been breeched and it is a busy breeding ground for feral pigeons with consequent hazards for walkers. Truly nasty.

The promised houses by the canal at Cheapside have evaporated. When the site was being cleared the drains were broken and polluted the canal. This seems to have brought the project to an abrupt halt. After a couple of years of inaction the estate office has had the floor reinstated and is now available to let.

From blogpics

And according to the local news, at the end of Rowcroft, the Woolworths shop is going to be a temporary home for art exhibitions. Just what Stroud needed. Yet another place to show art.