Monday, May 5, 2025

Congleton return

This week we return to the Macclesfield Canal in Congleton.


Monday, April 28, 2025

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Through the industrial past

In Liverpool. The building on the right may once have used the canal to help it's business but no more.


Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Sandhills Station Bridge F

The bridges in this section of the canal are lettered not numbered for some reason.

Monday, April 21, 2025

Monday, April 14, 2025

Leighton Buzzard

This week we return to the Grand Union Canal in Leighton Buzzard.


Thursday, April 10, 2025

Monday, April 7, 2025

Chirk again

We return to the Llangollen Canal in Chirk this week, this time on the Welsh side.


Thursday, April 3, 2025

Looking out on the Mersey

Looking out across at Runcorn. The buildings on the right centre are actually on the Manchester Ship Canal and can be seen here.


Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Power house

Before the Silver Jubilee Bridge was built there was a transporter bridge here, which closed in 1961. The power house for the transporter bridge has survived, in Widnes on the bank of the Mersey.


Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Silver Jubilee Bridge

Yesterday (all my troubles seemed so far away), we looked at Widnes from the Silver Jubilee Bridge, now let's look back at the bridge from Widnes.


Monday, March 31, 2025

On the Mersey

This week we take a look at the river Mersey where it separates Runcorn and Widnes, the latter of which can be seen from the mighty Silver Jubilee Bridge which crosses the Mersey.


Friday, March 28, 2025

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Canal side view

Even on a rough day, a nice view of the canal (well i would like it anyway).


Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Simms Bridge 12

A fairly modern footbridge, a tramway once crossed the canal near here.


Monday, March 24, 2025

Friday, March 21, 2025

End of the line

Another view of Doctors Bridge 87 and the end of the Bridgewater Canal.


Thursday, March 20, 2025

Doctors Bridge 87

Another bridge, a more modest affair which takes a road down into the town centre.


Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Runcorn-Widnes Bridge 88

This carries the road up to the Silver Jubilee Bridge at Runcorn which crosses the Manchester Ship Canal and the Mersey.


Monday, March 17, 2025

Back to Bridgewater

We return to the Bridgewater Canal this week, this time to Runcorn and the current limit of navigation.


Friday, March 14, 2025

Monday, March 10, 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Monday, March 3, 2025

Back to Buzzard

We return to the Grand Union Canal in Leighton Buzzard this week.