When I was in Walsall a couple of weeks back I noticed the canals were kinda green. It seems they're now so green some people don't think they're canals at all. As reported in the Express and Star, an 11 year old girl walked off a jetty and a man drove his car in thinking it was a patch of grass.

To the amazement of onlookers, the motorist, aged in his 40s and wearing a suit, ploughed into the water between Wharf Bar and New Art Gallery. Staff and customers from The Wharf Bar ran to his rescue as the car started floating on its side and the man, believed to be from the north east, struggled to break free as the car began to fill with water.

Aparently responsibility for the removal of algae/duckweed from the canals lies with British Waterways not the local council. I wonder if this algae explosion is related to the £7 million cuts they suffered recently.

Be sure and watch the video which has a great vox pop.

via canal-blogger Granny Buttons.