Saltaire to Bingley Five-Rise Locks
You'll perhaps remember me mentioning a project I'm involved in with my camera club, to document the entire length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, in black and white photos. As part of my 'patch', I've been intending to do the linear walk from Saltaire to the Bingley Five-Rise Locks for a while, and finally managed it. Some of these photos have converted quite nicely into mono for the project but I'm choosing the colour versions for my blog.
The first leg is a familiar one, from Hirst Lock to Dowley Gap, and I've shown lots of photos of this stretch before on my blog. The walk through Hirst Woods (above) is the greenest part of the whole route, the reflections in the canal doubling the effect so it's like a green tunnel. It's a popular bit of the towpath but always feels quite peaceful.
Then you come to the aqueduct that carries the canal over the River Aire. The towpath here has been resurfaced in concrete at some point in its 250 year history, so it's not very attractive as you walk over it.
At the end of the aqueduct lies Dowley Gap Mill, a former worsted mill and now a residential complex. I wrote more about this a few weeks ago HERE .
The old mill sits beside the changeline bridge, where the towpath moves from one side of the canal to the other and horses towing barges could pass over.
Looking back from the bridge to the mill complex is, I think, quite an attractive view. (This is the photo I should have had for my previous post about the mill, haha! But not a lot has changed really. )
What lovely photos all of these are. The canal and old buildings are such nice elements compared to all the greenery.
ReplyDeleteThat 1st pic is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe first pic is beautiful with all the green. The reflections in the canal are lovely in all the pics.
ReplyDeleteI love a canal walk! Ripon's canal is, as you probably know, very short but still makes for a nice stroll, especially once you get past the marina and the path turns grassy.
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