Some winter pics from my towpath walk this morning

[hebe]

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.