[canals-list] Re: Froghall Basin - Uttoxeter Canal

[John,]

--- In canals-list@yahoogroups.com, edi...@... wrote:
>
> ya...@... wrote:
> > Ian Mac <idm.yahoo@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Also there is a good pub in Foxt - out of the basin left up the hill for 
> > > 1 mile  with good food and beer, 
> > Been there - by car. Up a long, long hill - much too far to walk!
> 
> For those who like a walk to the pub, there are also (unless they've closed 
> in the last few years) pubs in Kingsley and Kingsley Holt.
> 
> For those who just like a walk, there are lots of walks based around 
> Froghall, including footpaths based on parts of at least two of the four 
> successive mineral tramways which used to link Froghall to Cauldonlow 
> Quarries.
> 
> Martin L
>
And let's not forget that just a couple of miles up the road is Ipstones where 
James Brindley died in the village pub!
John