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Walk from Todmorden to Walsden, along the towpath

passing through the lock

Photo safari into downtown Akron on the Towpath Trail from Cascade Locks

From the garden at Porches on the Towpath B&B in New Hope, PA

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They saw a lot of rain last summer and the towpath was covered in algae.

C & O Canal Towpath at Edwards Ferry, Md.

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There are more than 40 of these. Considering the equipment available in the 1830s, the canal was a remarkable engineering accomplishment. An amazing amount of dirt was sculpted with nothing more than picks, shovels and horse-drawn scrapers .

These photos were taken at the weekend. The young gosling was just finding his feet and although Mom and Dad were a bit protective at first they slowly allowed me to get close enough to take the pictures.

Walk from Todmorden to Walsden, along the towpath

Playing horses.

Towpath Tidy 2009

Walk from Todmorden to Walsden, along the towpath

LITF: Rule-free photography Light and Exposure.

The cracks from the earthquakes, all the way along the Towpath beside the Heathcote River in Ferrymead, have got bigger and bigger over the months. They are a real danger at night, but the bikers still use the track.

Looking west (duh) along the Lehigh.

Leeds Liverpool Canal, Skipton.

The Grand Union Canal, walking from New Bradwell to Wolverton