Stag

A stag (not a real one) overlooks the canal.

Canal side view

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

Across Simms Bridge

On the Cromford Canal.

Simms Bridge 12

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

Returning to Whatstandwell

We return to the Cromford Canal in Whatstandwell this week.

End of the line

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

Doctors Bridge 87

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

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.

Canal side view

In Runcorn.

Back to Bridgewater

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

Junctions (58) : Brownsover Arm

A junction with the now disused (and shut off) Brownsover Arm.

Masters Bridge 58

In Rugby.

Boats on the canal (448)

In Rugby.

Moorings (39) : Rugby Visitor Moorings

Stay here.

Back to Rugby

This week we return to the Oxford Canal in Rugby.

Boats on the canal (447)

At Leighton Buzzard.

Narrows (8) : Rothschild Road Wharf

Narrowing the canal near Rothschild Road Wharf.

Facing off

Hire boats at Rothschild Road Wharf.

Boats on the canal (446)

At Leighton Buzzard.

Back to Buzzard

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

Canal side view

Fancy canal and river side living.

Slipway

Looks like a former slipway here next to the canal.

On the bridge

Another view of the Silver Jubilee Bridge, this time while on it!

Silver Jubilee Bridge

The mighty bridge crosses the canal and the Mersey.

Manchester Ship Canal

This week we pay our first visit to the mighty Manchester Ship Canal in Runcorn.

Railway Bridge 4

Another canal crossing.

Boats on the canal (445)

In Sheffield.

Reflections

Post-industrial decay can sometimes have a beauty all of it's very own.

Cadman Bridge

In Sheffield.

Sheffield again

This week we return to the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal as we leave the centre of Sheffield.

Wharfs (34) : Rothschild Road

In Leighton Buzzard.

Boats on the canal (444)

In Leighton Buzzard.

Canalside viewing

Another good dwelling for gongoozling.

Boats on the canal (443)

In Leighton Buzzard.

Leighton Buzzard return

We stick with the Grand Union this week, but this time in Leighton Buzzard.

Viewing port

A great place to gongoozle.

Boats on the canal (442)

In Market Harborough.

Water point

Get some H2O here.

Boats on the canal (441)

In Market Harborough.

Market Harborough again

This week we return to the Grand Union Canal in Market Harborough.

Motorless watercraft (37)

Canoe on canal.

Boats on the canal (440)

At Woolhampton.

Oxlease Swing Bridge 33

With the railway line in the background.

Boats on the canal (439)

At Woolhampton.

Woolhampton again

We return to the Kennet & Avon Canal this week, at Woolhampton - suitably with a view of Woolhampton Pipe Bridge.

Nantwich Aqueduct

We end back at Nantwich and the fine aqueduct.

Boats on the canal (438)

In Nantwich.

Acton Bridge 93

Now reaching the village of Acton.

Boats on the canal (437)

At Nantwich.

Nantwich again

This week we return to the Shropshire Union Canal in Nantwich.