GUC : Berkhamsted to Tring

Looking down on the canal near Berkhamsted station

 

Bridge 139 and gas 2 lock beyond

 

Gas 2 lock

 

New bridge 140B

 

Raised banks hold the canal above the level of the grassland to the north

 

Looking back to bridge 140A

 

Gas 1 lock

 

Bridge 140

 

60 miles north to Braunston

 

Bushes lock

 

Panorama at Northchurch

 

Bridge 139 and Northchurch lock

 

Upper gates of Northchurch lock and pumping house

 

Gate paddle mechanism

 

Two modes of transport

 

Approaching bridge 138 and Dudswell locks

 

Lower Dudswell lock

 

Canalside garden near Dudswell lock

 

Upper Dudswell lock

 

Upper Dudswell lock keepers cottage

 

Bridge 137 and Cowroast lock

 

Cowroast lock keepers cottage

 

Moorings at Cowroast – highest point on the canal

 

Moored far from home

 

Bridge 136

 

Muddy path – it rained the previous evening

 

Bridge 135 – just beyond is the path up to the road and Tring station

My planning for the walk suggests it is 7.25 km long (4.5 miles).


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