View Full Version : Some winter pics from my towpath walk this morning
I walked into town to do some errands today and came back along the towpath, while the snow fell and fell. The canal was frozen solid, apart from one short stretch. Here are a few pics.
Tri Girl
12-20-2010, 10:08 AM
those pictures are GORGEOUS (even if they do make me chilly). Snow is so pretty when it's fresh. Glad you were able to get out in it!
Roadtrip
12-20-2010, 10:17 AM
Wonderful pictures!! I have to wonder why that bike is laying there all snow-covered. LOL
Shannon
surgtech1956
12-20-2010, 10:54 AM
Thanks for sharing. Great photos
Thank you!
Shannon, the bike will belong to one of the canal boats moored alongside. Most of them carry bikes on the top, and put them alongside when moored up. The canal network in the UK is pretty extensive and combined with bikes allow you to cover a lot of ground.
PamNY
12-20-2010, 11:21 AM
Those are lovely! Thanks for posting them.
tulip
12-20-2010, 11:47 AM
I love those Narrow Boats! Great photos. Keep warm.
malkin
12-21-2010, 06:21 AM
...Snow is so pretty when it's fresh...
...and not causing a logistics nightmare!
Thanks for the pics!
7rider
12-21-2010, 06:26 AM
Do you know what kind of bird that is in the 3rd shot (file ending: 1836)?
(that is a bird....isn't it?)
tulip
12-21-2010, 06:34 AM
Do you know what kind of bird that is in the 3rd shot (file ending: 1836)?
(that is a bird....isn't it?)
Hard to tell, but my guess is a coot.
Owlie
12-21-2010, 06:50 AM
Very pretty!
Do you know what kind of bird that is in the 3rd shot (file ending: 1836)?
(that is a bird....isn't it?)
I think it's a moorhen, which is like a coot only smaller and with a red beak rather than white. There are quite a few of them on the canal.
I'll be off along there again tomorrow, as I have an ebay package to post. It's been snowing again today so should be very pretty. Pretty is good, but I would still rather be out on my new bike.
channlluv
12-21-2010, 09:34 AM
How lovely!
But why in the world would someone leave a perfectly lovely bicycle out in the snow? Oof.
Roxy
jessmarimba
12-21-2010, 09:46 AM
I love all the little bird footprints! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for snow here.
Bike Writer
12-22-2010, 05:42 AM
Great pictures. The snow covered bike looked so forlorn.
The canal boats are interesting, at first I thought they were for some kind of commercial application but looking over the additional pictures at your blog I see they are in residential neighborhoods and your description of the canal system is interesting, something I did not know, so I see how functional the boats are.
Many areas of Michigan and Florida have inland waterways and series of canals too.
The water in my lake is all frozen over so the ducks, geese, swans and other assorted waterfowl have moved to rivers with open water so I don't see them daily. It's so interesting to see real time photos from other parts of the world!
tulip
12-22-2010, 05:53 AM
The canal boats are interesting, at first I thought they were for some kind of commercial application but looking over the additional pictures at your blog I see they are in residential neighborhoods and your description of the canal system is interesting, something I did not know, so I see how functional the boats are.
I hope one day to live on a canal barge in Europe. There's a whole community of canal boaters who live on their boats full-time. It's been a dream of mine for a while, and I don't want it to remain a dream so I'm making plans...
I love all the little bird footprints! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for snow here.
You can have some of our snow! This morning there were fox tracks on the snow on the canal too. It is so bizarre to see it all iced and snowed over.
Great pictures. The snow covered bike looked so forlorn.
The canal boats are interesting, at first I thought they were for some kind of commercial application but looking over the additional pictures at your blog I see they are in residential neighborhoods and your description of the canal system is interesting, something I did not know, so I see how functional the boats are.
Many areas of Michigan and Florida have inland waterways and series of canals too.
The water in my lake is all frozen over so the ducks, geese, swans and other assorted waterfowl have moved to rivers with open water so I don't see them daily. It's so interesting to see real time photos from other parts of the world!
Most of the canal-side houses have a mooring at the end of the garden. The canals here connect rivers and are often very close to railway stations too, the system was largely built in the 19th century for transporting goods. Now that roads carry most of the freight many have been repaired. They are fantastic as they provide nature-abundant waterways (and paths) right into the centre of even the most industrialised towns and cities. I love them.
I hope one day to live on a canal barge in Europe. There's a whole community of canal boaters who live on their boats full-time. It's been a dream of mine for a while, and I don't want it to remain a dream so I'm making plans...
I have a friend who did this for a few years. She loved it. There is something so nice about walking past a narrow boat with the scent of woodsmoke on the air and a glimpse of a pot of tea inside. There is a hairdressing business (http://www.thefloatingsalon.com/Location.html)run from a barge that goes up and down our local canal, I keep meaning to go there once my current hairdresser emigrates.
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