{"id":1281,"date":"2020-09-28T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2022-04-01T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:06:09","slug":"a-walk-by-the-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/28\/a-walk-by-the-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"A walk by the canal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1281\" class=\"elementor elementor-1281\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea267ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea267ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3ca98d\" data-id=\"c3ca98d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e7554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"88e7554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Caen%20Hill%2C%20Devizes&#038;t=m&#038;z=9&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Caen Hill, Devizes\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Caen Hill, Devizes\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05d8126 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05d8126\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-766d6b6\" data-id=\"766d6b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54970e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54970e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A walk by the canal<\/p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1281-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WalkByTheCanal.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WalkByTheCanal.mp3\">https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WalkByTheCanal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p>A year ago, I went for a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal from Hungerford to Newbury; a week later I walked from Hungerford to Crofton Beam Engines.\u00a0 The walks were very enjoyable, relaxing, interesting, and free.\u00a0 A plan evolved to walk the length of the canal between the Thames in Reading and the Avon in Bath.\u00a0 Last week, I completed the project. [1, 2]<p>The canal was built during the 18th and early 19th centuries, and the history of the canal is well documented.\u00a0 The canal links London to Bristol and when completed in 1810, it was the M4 of its day.\u00a0 When railway building took off in 1840, a line was built along the length of the canal.\u00a0 Today there are 17 railway stations along the 85 miles of the canal.\u00a0 Many of these stations sit alongside the canal.\u00a0 So, walking the canal piece by piece with days out by rail is a viable option.<\/p><p>My journey along the canal was in nine stages and is shown in the table.\u00a0 Most days started and ended at Hungerford station and involved a train ride to and from the canal.\u00a0 The train operators allow passengers to take their bicycles with them.\u00a0 About half of the length of canal is part of National Cycle Route 4 and is well suited to bicycles.\u00a0 There is no railway station in Devizes, so my wife made two journeys to Devizes, one to drop me off, and one to pick me up [3].<\/p><p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/28\/a-walk-by-the-canal\/canaltable\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"478,322\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanalTable\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1294 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saint-christophers-hosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CanalTable.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Along the length of the canal there are many interesting towns including Bath, Bradford-On-Avon, Devizes, Hungerford, Newbury and Reading.\u00a0 These towns provide services for those traversing the canal by boat.\u00a0 Today, almost all the traffic on the canal is for leisure, and pubs, restaurants and other businesses serve the needs of those on the canal boats.<\/p><p>Walking along the canal, it feels that the canal is embedded in the countryside and that it has been like that since it was built 200 years ago.\u00a0 However, this is not so.\u00a0 The last commercial use of the canal was in 1950 and by 1960 it was all but derelict.\u00a0 The canal was restored by volunteers working for the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, starting in 1960 and was fully opened to traffic in 1990.\u00a0 Since the reopening, the canal has been operated and maintained by the Trust and assisted by grants from the National Lottery and British Waterways.<\/p><p>For those who like to watch travel documentaries, the actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales made many series of programmes called Great Canal Journeys.\u00a0 The very first episode, made in 2014, featured them travelling the Kennet and Avon Canal.\u00a0 The programmes were broadcast on Channel 4 and are available on demand from streaming services.\u00a0 Timothy and Prunella were involved in the restoration of the canal and were part of the first flotilla of barges which traversed the canal following it reopening. [4]<p>For me, the four best locations along the length of the canal are the aqueducts at Dundas and Avoncliff, the pumping station at Crofton and the flight of locks at Caen Hill, near Devizes.\u00a0 The two aqueducts carry the canal over the River Avon between Bath and Bradford-On-Avon.\u00a0 The pumping station and its steam beam engines at Crofton pump water into the canal at its summit.\u00a0 The engines were installed in 1810 and are still working today.\u00a0 On holiday weekends in summer, the steam engines are fired up and pump water into the canal.\u00a0 The 29 locks at Caen Hill near Devizes lift the canal boats from the valley of the Avon to the valley of the River Kennet.\u00a0 On the west side of the hill, the ascent is steep, and on the east side of the hill the descent is very gradual down to the Thames at Reading.\u00a0 \u00a0These sites are very impressive examples of excellent engineering from the era of their construction.\u00a0 That they are all still working today is testament to both the quality of the original work, and the maintenance which they have received over 200 years.<\/p><p>During World War II, the canal was armed as a line of defence in the event of an invasion of England from the south.\u00a0 Many concrete bunkers containing field guns were built in 1940 on the north bank of the canal.\u00a0 Thankfully, they did not see action, but they remain as silent reminders of their time [5].<\/p><p>Walking the length of the canal gives an appreciation of the work of the people of the past, especially those who built it, and those who restored it.\u00a0 Using only shovels and wheelbarrows, the navvies of 1800 excavated a channel of 85 miles, as well as building 105 locks, 300 bridges and other infrastructure such as wharfs, dry docks and workshops.\u00a0 More recently, volunteers restored the canal to its former state, using tools like those of the original construction.<\/p><p>Today, the Kennet and Avon Canal is an important asset for tourism in England.\u00a0 It is certainly one of the most important tourist attractions in our area and people visit from all over the world.\u00a0 We can be proud of the work of the people who restored and are operating the canal.<\/p>[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal\u00a0<\/a><\/p>[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.croftonbeamengines.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.croftonbeamengines.org\/<\/a><\/p>[3] <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Cycle_Route_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Cycle_Route_4<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Canal_Journeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Canal_Journeys<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>[5] <a 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