{"id":1571,"date":"2015-06-24T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2015-06-24T19:17:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:17:28","slug":"gently-up-the-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1571","title":{"rendered":"Gently up the canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Gently up the canal\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1571\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>I saw the narrow-boat coming and it gave me time to plan the shot.\u00a0 I stood under an oak tree with overhanging branches and waited for the boat to sail into the right position.\u00a0\u00a0Today was the first day I had seen any boats during\u00a0canal walks with the dogs.\u00a0 Earlier there had been a small cabin cruiser, now what looked like an authentic canal boat.\u00a0 As it sailed gently past I got a friendly wave from the man at the tiller and I could hear the\u00a0relaxing music playing on his phone.<\/p>\n<p>How different it would have\u00a0been when this canal was in his heyday with boats carrying goods between London and the midlands.\u00a0 Horses would have plodded along the toe path where now I was walking and there would have been lots of boats.\u00a0\u00a0 I walked past a mile marker which told me that it was 92 miles to Brauston which is a small village on the canal\u00a0between Rugby and Daventry where the Grand Junction Canal and the Oxford Canal meet.\u00a0 I wonder how far this narrow boat was going?<\/p>\n<p>We continued our walk enjoying the wonderful rural setting and wildlife of the canal banks even if the M4 motorway and a railway bridge\u00a0carrying underground trains crossed over us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1563\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x.jpg\" alt=\"Dscf1333x\" width=\"1000\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1333x-624x427.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dscf1335xx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1574\" 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