A Happy Ending

We've reached our final bridge of the day, #25---Halsall Warehouse Bridge.

Allan looks happy,and so he should. Only 109 miles to Leeds!!

A short stroll along a country lane brought us to Halsall church, where,lo and behold, a #300 bus took us right back to Lydiate where we had parked the car.

It had been a thoroughly enjoyable day.

Pedometre said 14,428 steps, which equals 5.69 miles.



A Cut above the Rest

This pleasant stretch of canal is called Halsall Cutting. I was hoping to find something very special here and was not disappointed.

It was such a delight to discover this tiny little plaque, as I had read that the first sod of the canal was cut around here.

We nearly missed it though! It was high up on a wall and I had to stand on tiptoes to photograph it! Obviously not as important as I thought it was.



As Time Goes By

Well, Christmas has come and gone and it's time I picked up where I left off several months ago!!  Some reading I have done tells me how times have changed along the canal.

Today's walk....amazingly still number 3....seems to have been all about fields.

They stretch as far as the eye can see.

Fields of corn, cabbage, maize and potatoes.

The canal used to play a huge part in agriculture.

Manure was brought from Liverpool to the fields of Lancashire (very smelly boats!!). Limestone was quarried and transported to be used as fertilizer. Then finally the produce from the fields was shipped along the canal to it's destination. It was certainly a busy place.

Yes,  times have changed a lot!