Start of our walk |
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First eyesore of the day
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Leigh bridge (Bridge 66)
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Old and new
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Ugly concrete sectioned fencing |
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Old mill building, Leigh
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Pipe bridge and fishing match |
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Lots of boats moored in Leigh
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Mather Lane bridge (Bridge 65) |
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A boat passes under Mather Lane bridge (Bridge 65) |
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Another old mill (Brooklands Mill) |
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Pipe bridge (notice lettering)
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Canalside housing in Leigh |
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Derelict mill and barbed wire
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Canalside apartments |
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More canalside apartments, note barbed wire |
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Butt's bridge (Bridge 64)
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Butts Basin
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Our first view of the countryside |
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Heading out of Leigh
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Hall House bridge (Bridge 63)
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Canalside housing at Bedford |
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Great Fold bridge (Bridge 62) |
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Marsland Green bridge (Bridge 61) |
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East Lancs Road bridge (Bridge 60) |
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Former mining area being reclaimed |
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Lingard's footbridge (Bridge 59) |
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Motor cross track next to the canal |
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Looking towards Astley Green |
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Pipe bridge |
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Pithead gear at Astley Green colliery |
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Pithead gear at Astley Green colliery |
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Pithead gear at Astley Green colliery |
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Astley bridge (Bridge 58) |
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Old Boat House pub at Astley Green
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Looking back at the pithead |
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Whitehead Hall bridge (Bridge 57) |
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Whitehead Hall bridge (Bridge 57) |
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Pithead gear and winding house |
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A dead fox
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Vicars Hall bridge (Bridge 56)
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Out in the open again
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Lakeside Lady |
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Boothstown bridge (Bridge 55) |
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Former mining area being reclaimed |
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Boothshall bridge (Bridge 54) |
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The Moorings pub, boarded up
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Lots of boats moored by the Moorings pub |
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Lots of boats moored by the Moorings pub |
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Not far from Worsley, water colour still normal |
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Around this corner the canal changes colour |
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Rusty orange coloured canal |
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Pedestrians, someone had a sense of humour! |
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Approaching the M60 motorway |
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Slip road from the M60 |
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M60 motorway bridge (Bridge 53) |
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Old crane and Worsley bridge (Bridge 52)
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Worsley bridge (Bridge 52) |
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Worsley bridge (Bridge 52) |
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Packet House, Worsley
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Packet House, Worsley |
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Junction leading from the Bridgewater Canal to the mines entrance in Worsley Delph. |
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The canal at Worsley |
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Boats moored at Worsley |
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The Boathouse, now a private residence
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House by the canal at Worsley |
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The Bridgewater Hall
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Looking back towards the Packet House
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Iron footbridge |
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View from the footbridge |
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My lad at the Ice Cream van
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Fountain at Worsley |
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Nice houses overlooking the village green
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Nice houses overlooking the village green |
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Old stone houses |
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Old Post Office?
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Photo taken from the bus stop, old cottages |
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