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Having left the car at the picnic site I walked back along the lane to Conder Green with a view over the marsh to Glasson Dock and across the river to Overton.

It looks no more than a tidal gully but this is the River Con whose life starts as a little stream on the slopes Black Fell on Clougha Pike. The bridge is an old railway bridge that connected Glasson to the rail network. It opened in 1883 and ceased carrying passengers in 1930 although goods traffic continued until 1964. The trackbed is now a linear park and a cycleway.

The Stork at Conder Green. This traditional beamed coaching inn dates back to 1660.

A look back as I cross Conder Bridge. There is a bit of high hazy cloud which is allowing the sun through and trapping the heat making it quite warm.

From Conder Bridge I made my way to the canal at the Mill Inn.

The Mill Inn at Thurnham as its name implies was once a mill. Records show it as a cloth mill in the 16th Century but it was converted from a grain mill in 1992 to a hotel.

It stands alongside the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal. The Lancaster Canal from Preston to Tewitfield was opened in 1797 and the section from Tewitfield to Kendal in 1819. The Glasson Branch which is 2.5miles long and as 6 locks along its length was opened in 1826.

My route would now take me along the canal to Glasson more popularly know as Glasson Dock.

This family of eleven sailed across to see me .....

....but sadly there efforts were wasted.

Thurnham Bridge

Brick Kiln Bridge.

Approaching Glasson.

Christ Church, Glasson.....The church was built by Edmund Sharpe in 1840.

The fresh water dock and marina.

Sadly the Ba Ba Gee is now being broken up. It as been an eyesore for many years but it is still sad to see the end of her.

Built from concrete during WWII it would have been better if she could have gone to some museum. .

A walk round to the salt water dock where another swan thinks I am here to feed it.

The locks between the fresh and salt water docks.

At the far end of the salt water dock there is a lock gate which opens around high water to let vessels out into the River Lune and then into Morecambe Bay.

On the riverside wharf an old beam trawler is now home to a friend of a friend.

I am now on the old railway trackbed making my way back.

The River Conder. When the tide ebbs this will be little more than a muddy gully.

Just have time for a cuppa.

Next Walk:     22nd September 2010 - Forest of Bowland - Caton Moor from Bull Beck

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