The ongoing debate about the untidiness of Boston's waterways brought a smile to our lips when the so-called Environment Agency tried to dismiss the dumping of a load of waterborne rubbish on the banks of the Maud Foster as some kind of glitch in a "system" under which they collect the rubbish and the borough council disposes of it.
An EA spokesman had the nerve to refer to their "monthly" clean-up of the waterway.
One or two of our more vocal friends in the debate about the open sewer known as the Maud Foster waterway told us that they recalled seeing a couple of barges chugging the length of the drain from the docks to the golf club about ten days ago.
One person who has lived beside "old Maudie" for more than 25 years told us that this was the first time he could recall seeing such a vision for at least 12 years, whilst another more junior resident said that she had never seed the waterway being surfed for garbage in a decade.
We hope that the Environment Agency will stop treating us like fools and believing that telling lies will make us believe that they really have an interest in Boston's heritage.
The borough council needs to take a stronger line with this bunch of eco-fibbers.
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It's not just the rivers. Take a look down the drain covers - the one at the crossing on John Adams Way on the York Street side of Main Ridge is a good instance. They're choked with rubbish, and the roads will simply flood when it rains.
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