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Turn right for London
Out last Wednesday with my local U3A group. If, like me, you are a man of a certain age, and your valves are a bit leaky, and your breath a little less, then there's a lot to be said for canals. They are flat, near as dammit, with well surfaced paths alongside, without significant trip hazards, and well drained. Mallards, swans and coots are common. as are many wild flowers. Plenty of often colourful boats are everywhere, and all sorts of historical interest for those with a taste for it. And you are never far from a pub! Some places owe their evident prosperity to the canals, as does Lapworth, with its adjacent Junction, the subject of these photos.
According to Wikipedia:-
'The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.'
Turn right for London
Out last Wednesday with my local U3A group. If, like me, you are a man of a certain age, and your valves are a bit leaky, and your breath a little less, then there's a lot to be said for canals. They are flat, near as dammit, with well surfaced paths alongside, without significant trip hazards, and well drained. Mallards, swans and coots are common. as are many wild flowers. Plenty of often colourful boats are everywhere, and all sorts of historical interest for those with a taste for it. And you are never far from a pub! Some places owe their evident prosperity to the canals, as does Lapworth, with its adjacent Junction, the subject of these photos.
According to Wikipedia:-
'The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.'