On 6 Apr 2010, at 16:58, George Pearson wrote: > In the dim past, many of you contributed posts to the canals list for > inclusion on the page "Favourite Sections of Canals"
<snip> > I'd like to get updates for that web page. <further snip> OK, George, here's my vote for two sections of the K&A, not least because the boat is moored thereon: Avoncliff Aqueduct to Dundas Aqueduct - where the canals clings improbably to the valley side, passing through stands of beech and then opening out with views across the valley. Enhanced by perfectly acceptable pubs at Avoncliff [Cross Guns] and Limpley Stoke [Hop Pole] and largely free of the continuous moorers that plague much of the rest of the western end of the canal. That bit of the Long Pound between Honey Street and Pewsey - apparently miles from anywhere with the Marlborough Downs rising to the north and much of it without a human habitation within sight. You can moor and stroll up Woodborough Hill for a rewarding panoramic view. OK, so it can be a bit exposed in a westerly gale, but how often do we have bad weather in Southern England? Further afield, I've walked much of the Mon & Brec towpath between Govilon and Llangynidr, all of which is delightful, although boats seem to move v-e-r-y slowly. And as we seem to be allowed to include rivers, Cliveden Reach on the Thames is pretty hard to beat for dramatic scenery, at least in Lowland Britain. When I retire I'll get oop north and expand this list, hopefully. Baz
