Fish Eye View

With a new day came another aqueduct, this time the Yarningdale aqueduct. It wasn't as high as the Edstone, but it did have a rather special feature in common with it. This was a sunken towpath which, as my guide book descriptively put it, offers walkers a 'strange fish-eye lens view of passing boaters'.

I was rather intrigued by this, so I did get off the boat to walk the towpath along the aqueduct. Hopefully my next picture will show you what I mean by the sunken footpath.


As I'm never quite sure how deep canals are, this aqueduct was quite interesting as it does reveal the depth of water in the canal. I'm hanging over the edge comparing the difference between boat level and towpath level. It really wasn't very deep at all, not that it mattered. There was enough depth for me to cruise along effortlessly, so I couldn't have been happier.

Lots of love Eddie & friends xxx