Blogs tagged "Canals"

The Angus Ferguson Community Barge My husband and I enjoyed a trip on Saturday afternoon along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from Hirst Wood in Saltaire to Shipley on the Angus Ferguson Community Barge. It was part of the Multi-Story Water Theatre along the River Aire and Leeds-Liverpool Canal...

Saltaire gained its World Heritage status on 16 Dec 2001, and celebratations take place each year in April. The 2012 event took place last weekend on the 20-21 April. Events began on Friday evening with a gig at Caroline Street Social Club headlined by steampunk rock band BB Black Dog. The ma...

THOUSANDS of people from all over the country queued for a rare opportunity to see Bingley’s famous Five Rise Locks from the canal bed over the weekend. It was drained so engineers could carry out vital repair work, with British Waterways taking the chance to replace four of the six giant gates. ...

Went out in search of some reflections today, so walked along the canal towpath from Saltaire to Shipley and beyond. Took a few different shots, but found these windows of an old building reflected in the rippling canal water quite interesting; hope some other viewers do as well..:)

Caught this reflection in the canal from my window; saved me going out in the cold.

Still on the swan theme today; the young one here is approx. 8 months old and still has quite a lot of brown feathers.

Took a walk along the Leeds/Liverpool canal today, not a lot to see only bare trees but the swans always attract my attention and I cannot resist taking some shots. The mute swan is one of seven swan species found world-wide, and are our largest wild birds, weighing about 10kg, measuring 1.5m in...

Bingley 5 Rise Lock, West Yorkshire: Bingley 5 Rise Lock is a staircase lock on the Leeds/Liverpool Canal. As the name implies, a boat going up the lock is lifted in 5 stages. It consists of 5 locks connected together with (as always) a staircase, no intermediate "pounds"; the lower ...