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The Canals of Britain were the motorways of their era and provided inland navigable waterways across most of the country between large industrial towns and the ocean side ports. Once outside the smoke and smogs of the coal fired factories, these channels of commerce became idilic country byways with the “towpath” running in parallel for the horses that pulled the narrow boats and barges. Today many are still very much navigable and idilic and a reminder of a quieter time and slower pace - the countryside easily observed and appreciated from the towpaths and classic “hump back” bridges.
The Canals of Britain were the motorways of their era and provided inland navigable waterways across most of the country between large industrial towns and the ocean side ports. Once outside the smoke and smogs of the coal fired factories, these channels of commerce became idilic country byways with the “towpath” running in parallel for the horses that pulled the narrow boats and barges. Today many are still very much navigable and idilic and a reminder of a quieter time and slower pace - the countryside easily observed and appreciated from the towpaths and classic “hump back” bridges.