A narrowboat and a duck. Pictured at bridge 50 (candle bridge) on the Grand Union Canal approaching Blisworth tunnel. Candle Bridge is so named as the cottage at the canal side near this bridge used to sell candles to the boatmen which were used for lighting whilst negotiating the Blisworth tunnel. actual pixel size
A fresh image today at last. Taken just north of the Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal. Narrowboat Willow basks in the sunlight before taking its turn in the murky and wet depths of the tunnel. actual pixel size
I’ve not had much opportunity with the recent spell of wet weather to get canal side in search of new images these past few weeks. So in order to give my growing audience something fresh to look at, I have decided to include a link to the facinating site at blisworth.org.uk. The site has many [...]