Monday 15th
April
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| Tunnel under the canal |
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| Path alongside Shelmore Wood |
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| Walking through the Wood |
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| House in the woods in the distance |
It was another sunny day when we got up. We had breakfast then chilled out for a bit
then went out for a walk. We walked
along Shelmore Embankment until we got to the aqueduct then walked down the
steps and onto the road and under the canal and on up the road. At the top of the hill we took the pathway
which takes you through Shelmore Wood and eventually we came back onto the road
and along there and then we were back at Norbury Junction, it is a nice walk
and about 2 miles.
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| No more photos! |
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| Ex-Working Boats |
We stopped at the café for a coffee then went back to the
boat. We chilled out for the afternoon
then went for a short walk early evening before tea.
Tuesday 16th
April
Today has not been so sunny although it is warmer than of
late. We went out mid-morning and walked
up past the junction and on along the towpath, it’s a lovely rural stretch of
canal.
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| By High Bridge |
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| Coming to High Bridge |
The towpath was pretty dry except for a couple of places and
one spot was quite bad and Smuggler went up the bank then slid down and nearly
went over on his side right in the mud but luckily he managed to stay upright
and just got muddy feet, it’s usually me that falls in the mud but I was okay
today!
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| Steep Path up to the Road |
We came to High Bridge, a double arched bridge containing a
small telegraph pole and we took the steep path by the side of the bridge and
went up onto the road. The road was
really busy so we crossed over and went into Loynton Moss Nature Reserve.
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| Loynton Moss Nature Reserve |
We haven”t walked up here before so it was
nice to find something new. We followed
one of the paths which led us through the reserve to the entrance and car park. We will definitely come back here again and
explore more.
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| Norbury Church |
We went out onto the road and took the lane that leads to
Norbury Church and Norbury Junction. We
stopped off at the church to have a look.
It was open so we went inside for a look around. It is a lovely church.
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| Inside Norbury Church |
We then carried on down the road and was soon back at the
junction. We stopped off at the café for
refreshments then walked back to the boat.
Just as we got inside, it started raining although not too hard but we
were lucky as we did our walk in the dry.
It was a nice circular walk about 2 miles.
We then chilled out for the rest of the day
just going for another short walk late afternoon. We are staying in Norbury for a few more days as John and Sharon will be coming to collect Smuggler at the weekend.
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