My Birthday Walk on Lancaster Canal

We could not have had a better day for my Birthday Walk to the Lancaster Canal. We caught the 10.07 train from Carlisle to Lancaster which was the train Martin caught in Edinburgh so the 6 of us arrived in Lancaster just after 11.00am to begin the 10 mile walk to Carnforth. David missed the walk as he had meetings in Glasgow all day but we sent him an appropriate photograph of us having lunch in a lovely pub garden beside the canal. Dont know if he appreciated that.

The first major feature on the Canal was the aquaduct over the River Lune on the outskirts of Lancaster.

A grand bunch of lads with Peter now joining us on a fairly regular basis and Niall guesting with us after wintering in Australia and for the next five weeks living in Langholm.

During the course of the walk we saw only a few boats moving along the canal so it is not a very busy waterway.

The marina at Carnforth where we had a very enjoyable drink in a pub garden next to the canal basin.