At Marston Junction the Ashby Canal branches east off the Coventry Canal. The industry and housing of Nuneaton vanishes to be replaced by green fields, farms and trees.
A typical stone-arched bridge.
The new...
The original...
Moored at Basin Bridge
Moored at Basin Bridge
Originally 30 miles long, the canal now terminates just north of Snarestone. Subsidence from the coal mines near Measham has brought about the abandonment of the final 8 miles.
The present terminus beyond the tunnel. Ambitious plans are in hand to re-open the waterway through to Moira. already a new 1/4 mile section, complete with a lock in water, has been constructed.
Moored just outside the south portal of Snarestone Tunnel.
Wildlife moments....
Is he the reason why its so shallow?
doing a spot of dredging
No problem to a man with Lancaster Canal experience!!!
Speeding- chance would be a fine thing!!!!
Is C&RT adopting motorway practices?
Our wildlife moment of the day was spotting a water vole but it was too quick for the camera.
So this is our taster of the Ashby Canal. It is a beautiful waterway meandering through remote countryside where civilisation is more often than not over yonder. People we have spoken to have likened it to our beloved Lancaster Canal and is a welcome contrast to urban Nuneaton and Bedworth.
We finished off the weekend with a very tasty meal and a couple of pints at the Corner House in Bulkington- well it would be rude not to!!!!
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