Our canal is open again :)

[laserblazer]

A few years ago, I took this video. There was still heaps of work to do and on Friday it's the grand opening. There are 60 odd boats parked up and we are going to have a big festival over the weekend.

 

[alan-d]

Nice one Have the Tow paths been restored too?

[localzuk]

Its always nice to hear of more of the network being restored and opened. The canals in this country are an amazing legacy with so much potential!

[BenABF]

Wish the one near me would hurry up and be finished so I've got a nice route to cycle to and from work. Abruptly finishes at the moment and need to walk along a foot path with about 10 stiles to join up to a road. They reckon another 15 years

[teejay]

Excellent, always good for us BOFH's to have another place to dispose of bodies

[MK-2]

Excellent, always good for us BOFH's to have another place to dispose of bodies

 

you've not seen the depth of the canal out the back of my house then. unless you were looking to dispose of the bodies of the borrowers you'd have a tough job

[teejay]

you've not seen the depth of the canal out the back of my house then. unless you were looking to dispose of the bodies of the borrowers you'd have a tough job

 

Ah, so only suitable for use when the user has accidentally fallen into the industrial blender, ok.

[laserblazer]

Nice one Have the Tow paths been restored too?

 

Yes, nice new towpaths. A lot are surfaced. The canal runs past a large housing estate and the High School so the kids there can now walk/cycle/sail from home to school, without crossing a road.

[wizzard]

Ah, so only suitable for use when the user has accidentally fallen into the industrial blender, ok.

 

Now that's an episode of "Will it Blend?" I'd love to see.

 

joking, I don't really want to se humans being blended.

[laserblazer]

I don't really want to se humans being blended.

 

That reminds me of ski chase in a James Bond film.

[Ric_]

Yes, nice new towpaths. A lot are surfaced. The canal runs past a large housing estate and the High School so the kids there can now walk/cycle/sail from home to school, without crossing a road.

 

Do you think you will get much uptake in sailing to school? Just think... you'll have to add another option to your travel questionnaires.

[beeswax]

Nice bit of film. It looks a very bucolic scene. When you've edited together a video of the current state of the canal, please post it here so we can see the progress made.

[laserblazer]

It looks a very bucolic scene

 

What's an eating disorder got to do with it?

[jinnantonnixx]

This is a snap from my daily commute to work on a towpath - nice eh?

 

Admittedly other parts of the route get quite industrial, but I'm pleased to say that the canals around here have been improved dramatically in the last decade.

 

[laserblazer]

The Water Festival over the weekend has been brilliant. Around 100 boats and the park and town packed with people. The weather was perfect. Real ale was £2.80 a pint and loads of good bands to entertain. The icecream man must have made a fortune.

[soveryapt]

I'm tempted to try the cycle to work along the canal myself .. a section of the Leeds Liverpool (Foulridge to Church to be precise) but I seem to remember (from canoeing it) there is a ruddy great tunnel which I would have to circumnavigate .. so it might be more hassle than it's worth .. lol ..

 

Always great to hear about more of the heritage being opened again .. it's a shame that a lot of the old railway network seems to be built upon or block up and stuff now if you ask me .. there's only so much that the restoration groups can do I guess, but every little helps (restoration sponsored by Tesco .. lol)