The River Ganges

29Aug13

Arklow. What can be said about Arklow…

A stop we chose to break up the journey south. Just over four hours away we made the best of the southbound stream and arrived early to bag a spot on the Visitors' pontoon. With shallow-depth alarms screaming as we approached we tied up and were pleased we had not decided to try the marina – probably one of the smallest with boats almost shoe-horned into their berths.

The Avoca river was a massive disgrace with the locals ready to show their disapproval as they campaigned in vane for a sewage treatment plant for the adjacent area – 'Do not fall in!', they advised us. Seeing what sort of things floated by left nothing to the imagination. The town itself was past its best with no new investment in the traditional and probably the root cause being the new shopping complex across the river sucking the life blood from the place. An overnight stay was all we needed to catch the next early tide.