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Photo by Kristine K. Stevens, a curious traveler, author and beekeeper who is hiking the Buckeye Trail in Ohio.
Previously, Kristine sold her house, quit her job and traveled around the world. Learn more at "If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough: A Solo Journey Around the World."
part of the Sheffield canal and river system, there is some lovely scenery, I don't think most of Sheffielders realise just how many lovely places there are actually in Sheffield itself. You really don't have to go far to reach any of it. There are some lovely walks on the riverside and canal towpaths
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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.
The towpath was where mules (or people) would haul barges along the canal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 184 miles, and it was finished at about the same time as the railway system was completed. Trains won, and the canal languished.
Today, it is a pedestrian walking path.