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Great Central Railway | Which way, left or right ? |
This is the Great Central Railway, formally a line which ran from Sheffield to London, it opened in 1899 with the logo " RAPID TRAVEL" and finally ceased all routes in 1966.
Today it is used by walkers, and dog walkers, cyclists, horse riders, joggers and more, there is also en-route the Grand Union Canal and the river soar to your left, a nature reserve to the right, a BMX Track further down, and alot of wildlife.
This is a great place to come on a lazy sunday afternoon, and I'm so glad I found this house, cause I have all this on my doorstep. |
|  | First Tow Path Walking across the field and down the tow path brings you to the 1st lock, and luckily we found not 1 but 2 boats in their.
What made me laugh was that the women were doing all the hard work and the old boys just sat there ! Must admit, they did help....Abit ! |
Where the Union meets the Soar This is the Soar Valley Way bridge, its hard to believe that above this bridge is 4 lanes of fast flowing traffic and yet below is a canal and the river.
To the left is the River Soar and to the right is the Grand Union Canal. | | | River to your left, Canal to your right |
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| | Every Little Helps ! There is always some place that you'll find a dumped trolley in a canal, and here is NO exception, its sucj a shame as 1 piece of equipment makes the whole area look a mess. Some people just don't care. |
Homeward Bound Long shot view of what would of been the Great Central, hard to believe trains used to travel along here all those years ago. | | |
| Totem pole arrowing your route |
| | Local Art This totem pole was done by a local group of school children, and on each level it tells you which way it is to a certain place and how many miles, its pretty and different. |
Woods To Rear Of House These are the woods that contain a lovely walkway through onto the park. Its a great place for walking dogs and Missy loves it !
If you go that way, keep an eye out for the woodpeckers. | | |
| | Homeward Bound Poor liyyle Missy, she is absolutely exhausted here, she had trouble keeping up with us !
Home Sweet Home |
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leics Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:27 UTC
Happy birthday for tomorrow! Best, J | leffe3 Tue Jul 31, 2007 02:46 UTC
A very belated birthday greetings to you Nikki. Hope you had a great one! Keith | stonefree Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:48 UTC
Sorry i'm late!!! Happy Birthday! And have a lovely weekend ahead! | Elena_007 Tue Jul 24, 2007 01:51 UTC
Hi Nikki, Hope you had a wonderful birthday and had entirely too much fun! I love the updated HP :-) ~Elaine & lil Derek~ |
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