I love living near a canal again. The dogs and I are often down by the Stockton Brook flight on the Caldon Canal. Candy has also gone for a few swims in it when Gigi has been a bit too playful.
Over the last two weekends, I've been enjoying it both on a canal trip with my old university friends and with Issy and Mum at the Etruria Canal Festival.
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| Plateway and track at Cheddleton flint Mill museum |
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| Winding where the Caldon and Churnet part company with not an inch to spare |
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| Limekilns at Consall, providing a useful reference fo Gerralt Rd |
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| 4F at Cheddleton |
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| The Hollybush at Denford is agret pub |
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| The Aquaduct taking the Leek branch of the canal over the Uttoxeter branch |
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| The end of the Leek branch |
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| The Stoke Leek railway line runs alongside much of the route |
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| Oh the power of opening a lift bridge with the BWB key |
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| Kitty, our brand new 70ft boat for the weekend |
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| The flint mill has two water wheels |
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| Consall forge is a lovely spot, with another great pub, The Black Lion |
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| But as I mentioned earlier, it is a tight squeeze to turn a 70 footer |
