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Nearing the Clinton Trailhead on the Ohio Erie Canal Towpath Trail in northeast Ohio.
Sometimes riding here you have to slap your thigh and make noise so the geese will move off the path!
No this toad is not headless, or dead! He was just trying to get away from us which he did, burying himself in the long grass, at the side of the towpath. We hear them more often than we see them.
Enlarge it and you can see his eye top right corner!
Looking in the direction of Great Bridge itself, an old bridge still hangs on amongst the modern touches. What looks like wild foul in the water are indeed the typical quarries for the area; trash. Lots of trash.
This was where the actual towpath south of Lock 4 is...the path you walk on today is the Grand Illinois Trail...between Lockport and the DesPlaines river the towpath ran on the west side of the canal
Seen from the towpath of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, The Potteries, Staffordshire, The Midlands.
The construction of the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire by William Jessop and Benjamin Outram was completed in 1794. It is 14.5 miles long and joined Cromford with the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill. The area the canal runs through has a wealth of industrial heritage and lies in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site.
The canal is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its entire length from Cromford to Ambergate. The 3.3km southern section from Whatstandwell Bridge to Ambergate is also a Local Nature Reserve. The canal is a haven for water vole, a threatened and declining species, and for grass snakes, little grebes, moorhen and coots. The southern end towards Poyser's Bridge is excellent for dragonflies. The canal also contains fish such as Pike and Perch.
The Nature Reserve can be accessed from the north end at Whatstandwell or at the southern end from Ambergate by a towpath off Chase Road. The old towing path which follows the canal is a public footpath popular with walkers and mountain bikers alike. The Cromford Canal was last used as a working waterway in 1944.
I encountered this colony of geese right at the northern end of the towpath trail - actually right at the northern end of where the canal is watered (it's to the left). It's a few miles into the trail. The two adults in the path stayed there (and path users had to steer around). They also hissed if someone went to slow. The geese were generally pretty calm around people, but not too calm.