Some winter pics from my towpath walk this morning

[hebe]

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]

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]

Wonderful pictures!! I have to wonder why that bike is laying there all snow-covered. LOL

Shannon

[surgtech1956]

Thanks for sharing. Great photos

[hebe]

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]

Those are lovely! Thanks for posting them.

[tulip]

I love those Narrow Boats! Great photos. Keep warm.

[malkin]

...Snow is so pretty when it's fresh...

...and not causing a logistics nightmare!

Thanks for the pics!

[7rider]

Do you know what kind of bird that is in the 3rd shot (file ending: 1836)?
(that is a bird....isn't it?)

[tulip]

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]

Very pretty!

[hebe]

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]

How lovely!

But why in the world would someone leave a perfectly lovely bicycle out in the snow? Oof.

Roxy

[jessmarimba]

I love all the little bird footprints! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for snow here.

[Bike Writer]

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!