Lancaster Canal

We are now moored at the top of the Lancaster Canal at a place called Tewitfield.  We arrived yesterday and stayed for today so that we could have a look round and explore the Northern reaches of the Lancaster Canal, which used to go to Kendal but is now sadly not navigable.  There are plans to re-open the canal as far as Kendal but this will take some engineering feats as the M6 motorway runs across the path of the canal.     It is beautiful here and if not for the noise from the motorway would be a peaceful and idyllic mooring.

The end of the Navigable section of the Lancaster Canal

This morning we went for a walk along the northern reaches of the canal towards Kendal.  Apparently you can walk to Kendal and then catch a bus back, but not sure whether they would let dogs on the bus.  Even if they did I think Jake might manage to get us thrown off.  Apart from the obvious problems of getting the canal underneath the motorway and over or around a few other obstacles, the prospect of it re-opening seems good.  The locks all look in good order, apart from the obvious difficulty of them not having gates and the canal has water in it, always a good start.

The eight locks at Tewitfield are in good repair 

They need new gates though

Sadly the M6 runs across the course of the canal now

It's been a peaceful interlude moored up here but tomorrow we move on to Carnforth, where there is a Tesco close to the canal.  Then we will take a slow trip back to Preston stopping at all the places of interest on the way back.  We have another three weeks before we are booked in to go back to Tarleton so plenty of time to take it easy and have a good look round.  Main places to see at the moment are Lancaster and Morecombe Bay, and possibly to see if we can get to Blackpool by bus.  We are also planning to go down to Glasson Basin, through the only six locks in use on the canal.