Was previously connected to the Chester to Shrewsbury Railway in the background
We are a retired couple who after living abroad for 5 years are now living in Levin, New Zealand. From October 2006 we cruised the inland waterways of Britain. We sold Narrowboat Gypsy Rover in July 2010 and continued our travels around the UK in our new Motorhome. In August 2011 we returned to New Zealand ahead of our motorhome which arrived in October. Although now land based we will be continuing our travels throughout New Zealand when time allows.
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The interesting thing about this area,is that the scheduled service ran from this point, to Newtown some 32 miles away and 23 locks. It took them six hours, so you can imagine how quickly they moved. They must have had fresh horses and men at frequent intervals. The railway station, Rednal, was to the right of the photo, about 400 yards. This was the main railway line from Birkenhead to London Paddington so there must have been quite a lot of "takers" because there were, as yet, no railway lines in central Wales.
Have you seen the photo's of Michel Van Den Berghe, a Belgian, who walks the canals of the UK taking many excellent photo's.
Take a look here http://www.thebw.net:80/
Some good photo's of the "Monty".
Best wishes,
Neville
Hi Neville
Thanks for the history and the link to the canal photos, they are worth looking through.
Regards Dot and Derek
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