8th January 2009
Firstly dear reader I must apologise for the lack of entries of late. This is due in no small way to the cold weather affecting my breathing. As soon as I breathe in the cold air I can feel the tightness in my chest and not wanting it to turn to something more nasty I have been keeping inside. However around noon today I was going as they say "stir crazy" so we ventured out first for a short walk along the promenade at Morecambe and then for a short stroll along the Lancaster Canal at Tewitfield.
A Lakeland panorama from Black Combe on the left to the Kentmere Fells on the right.
The Coniston Fells over an icy beach.
The Helvellyn, Fairfield and Kentmere Fells
Icy Ingleborough.
Black Combe
Close up Conistons
Red Screes, Wansfell and Caudale Moor
The frozen Lancaster Canal near Tewitfield.
Walking towards Tewitfield aand the new development
People have been using the frozen canal as a short cut. Edith however was unwilling to try it out!
The entance to the new marina
This is the end of the navigable section of the canal. It was culverted here when the M6 was built.
We walked under the A6070 alongside the M6 for a short distance..
to rejoin what is now known as the Northern Reaches of the canal.
There are 8 locks along this length which now have weirs replacing the lock gates. The locks raised the canal 75feet in half a mile and were the only ones on the 57mile length between Preston & Kendal. They were in use from 1819 to 1942. From here we returned to the car.
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