Towpath Talk

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY From Towpath Talk follower Tony Goode: "The Grand Junction Canal, now the Grand Union Canal, started being built from both ends, Brentford and Braunston, and they finally met up here at Cosgrove around 1800 🤝" #towpathtalk #canals #UKCanals

🚤 𝗥𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗠! A campaign flotilla has highlighted years of delays affecting the historic canal. Sir David Suchet is backing calls for action. What's holding up the reopening? 👉 Full story towpathtalk.co.uk/reopen-the… #WendoverArm #Canals

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY: Another belter! A walk around the historic Top Lock No. 14 at Stoke Bruerne. 🫶 #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

💧⚠️ 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻! Drought permits have been issued for Wimbleball and Ardingly reservoirs. What could the measures mean for water supplies, rivers and wildlife? 👉 Read at towpathtalk.co.uk/englands-r… #Drought #TowpathTalk

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY - Brinklow, Warwickshire by Gillian Taylor #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

🌿💧 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! More than 200 projects are planned as Bristol aims to become the UK's first Wetland City. Could wetlands help tackle flooding and rising temperatures? 👉 Read more towpathtalk.co.uk/bristols-b… #Bristol #Wetlands

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY from Towpath Talk follower @brother_jordh : A walk around the historic Top Lock No. 14 at Stoke Bruerne. 🫶 #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

Closures have left Tooley's Boatyard in Banbury struggling to fill its dry dock. Could a rare wooden narrowboat restoration help? 👉 Read more towpathtalk.co.uk/historic-t… #CanalHeritage #TowpathTalk

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY Setting sun and Beech trees, St Marys Marina, Rufford by Robert John Yelland #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

🚤🗑️ 𝗔 𝟯𝟵 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺! That's the estimated annual litter accumulating along canals and towpaths. A nationwide clean-up campaign is calling for action. How can you help? 👉 towpathtalk.co.uk/39-million… #CanalLife #TowpathTalk

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY - From Towpath Talk follower Roff Smith. Roff says: "Looking a little like a Lost World, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on a cool, clear autumn morning in the Pennines." #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut

🚤⚠️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱? River Canal Rescue reveals alarming faults discovered during breakdown call-outs – including a near-fatal carbon monoxide incident. 👉 Read at towpathtalk.co.uk/hidden-haz…

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY: Dudley No 1 Canal, photo by Towpath Talk follower 'Shadowed Eyes' from BSKY Social. 🫶 #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

🌸 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿! Volunteer lock-keepers have been busy sprucing up this stretch of the Oxford Canal – with improvements beyond the flower beds. 👉 towpathtalk.co.uk/hillmorton… #OxfordCanal #TowpathTalk

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY - Beautiful Warwickshire scene captured by Towpath Talk follower Gillian Taylor AKA @gilly_t_photography 🫶 #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

🐟 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗡! Hundreds of young salmon have been moved to improved habitat in Cumbria's River Derwent catchment. What makes this approach so unusual? 👉 Read more towpathtalk.co.uk/hundreds-o… #AtlanticSalmon #TowpathTalk

🚤 Two charming old narrowboats at Fenny Stratford on the Grand Union Canal! Towpath Talk follower Tony Goode shares this lovely scene featuring a powered motor boat and an unpowered butty, complete with its traditional ‘ellum’ rudder. 🐴 #TowpathTalk #Narrowboats #CanalLife

🛶 𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘! Hundreds of Lincolnshire pupils are helping protect their local waterways, inspired by the Canoe River Cleaner. And they've been learning about a special river resident! 🦦 👉 Read more towpathtalk.co.uk/classroom-…

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY - The stunning Foxton Locks 🫶 #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals

🛶 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘! Shrewsbury Canoe Club members are helping keep the River Severn clean by collecting litter and debris. What is your club doing for its local waterways? 👉 Read more on the Towpath Talk website. #RiverSevern #TowpathTalk