My Pictorial walk around the river banks today ..come join me

[hollydolly]

Today I took a walk down at the river and the canal..Our boat is moored down there.. but I didn't unlock the boat today.. so there's no pics of our boat this time

Instead I took a walk along the riverside, and stopped at 2 different riverside pubs, at either end of the canal towpath... the canal.. runs alongside towpath, and woodland, and residential homes, and a boat and yacht club... , there's small sidestreams and creeks along the way as well as larger boating lakes, and boating canals . Stopping once at each pub for a cold drink... and my walk which took in about 3 miles total.. took me about 2 hours.....there's many more rivers and lakes around here, this is just one area...
My first visit was to the Weirs which I've posted before here some of you will remember .. and the first pub... ..

You can see the pub on the riverside on the other side of the pedestrian bridge

The old workings of the weir..now redundant...

...and the first riverside pub.... rear outside dining area overlooking the jetty and the river..

 

[Moonbeam52]

Beautiful photos and thanks for sharing it.

 

[palides2021]

Today I took a walk down at the river and the canal..Our boat is moored down there.. but I didn't unlock the boat today.. so there's no pics of our boat this time

Instead I took a walk along the riverside, and stopped at 2 different riverside pubs, at either end of the canal towpath... the canal.. runs alongside towpath, and woodland, and residential homes, and a boat and yacht club... , there's small sidestreams and creeks along the way as well as larger boating lakes, and boating canals . Stopping once at each pub for a cold drink... and my walk which took in about 3 miles total.. took me about 2 hours.....there's many more rivers and lakes around here, this is just one area...
My first visit was to the Weir.s which I've posted before here some of you will remember .. and the first pub... ..

You can see the pub on the riverside on the other side of the pedestrian bridge

The old workings of the weir..now redundant...

...and the first riverside pub.... rear outside dining area overlooking the jetty and the river..

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Wow, @hollydolly! These photos are beautiful and amazing! Thanks for sharing and describing them, too!

 

[hollydolly]

The third pink parasol from the far left is where I sat with my ice cold coke.. and watched as day trippers in a little narrowboat which are available for hire further up the river pulled in for a drink. It's usual for a family or about 6 friends to hire a boat for a day or half day.. but it made me laugh when this pulled up, and 12 of them got off... they weren't quite sure how to moor up.. and I was about to tell them, but I thought I might hurt some male pride, because the girls were in the galley, so I didn't say anything..

..and the view back across the bridge to the Weir...

then inside the pub...

More later.. I'm having trouble with the Photo uploader...

 

[Jace]

How picturesque...lovely..

How lucky you are too live in a tranquil setting...

Where so many live in a concrete jungle.

 

[Pink Biz]

Lovely!

 

[SeaBreeze]

Beautiful scenery and area Holly, excellent photography too! Thanks for sharing, brings a bit more sunshine into our day.

 

[hollydolly]

Thanks folks.. pleased you enjoyed them.. once I get postimage to accept my photos again, I'll post more but for now there's a glitch..

 

[hollydolly]

How picturesque...lovely..

How lucky you are too live in a tranquil setting...

Where so many live in a concrete jungle.

Did you know that Britain is the 3rd most populated Island in the world ?.... still lots of lovely places to visit tho'...

https://www.istitutofalconieri.com/dbdoc/the-british-isles-uk-the-flag_77.pdf

 

[Blessed]

Okay, I have booked the flight, you need to get the guest room ready! LOL

 

[hollydolly]

Another corner of inside the pub...

..and out front.. ..

..a hundred yards along the canal bank, there was another small hire boat with a group of senior ladies being told sternly to listen to instruction by a very bossy man in his 80's... and they giggled like teens all through it..

... and now for a stroll along the towpath..crossing over the next bridge , watching the swan family being fed from someone' garden..

..and residential properties on the opposite bank , most of them with their own boats at the bottom of their garden...

 

[Alligatorob]

Nice! Thanks for this.

A beautiful place, and you are quite a good photographer!

 

[Blessed]

I am sure there are many beautiful areas to see here. I have only seen a few, so far. It must be wonderful to live in such a place.

 

[hollydolly]

..another day tripper narrowboat, much larger than the last ones.. people usually have lunch on this one..

Lots of private Narrowboats moored along the canal. Some have permanent residents, others are weekend retreats and holiday boats..

The narrowboats are not permitted to moor up on the same side as the residential houses..

 

[hollydolly]

Nice! Thanks for this.

A beautiful place, and you are quite a good photographer!

quite a good photographer..lol...

 

[Blessed]

Did you know that Britain is the 3rd most populated Island in the world ?.... still lots of lovely places to visit tho'...

https://www.istitutofalconieri.com/dbdoc/the-british-isles-uk-the-flag_77.pdf

Thanks for the link, learned a lot. I really like the way the Union Jack is put together!

 

[hollydolly]

...off to the sidestream.. and creeks... and my walk back towards the second riverside pub..

..and mrs Duck and her 14 kidlings... ....

 

[hollydolly]

past the tennis court...

the cricket green being mowed...

the road in front of me.. as I walked.. pub just 5 minutes away

..and a passing London Commuter train..

 

[Phynix]

This is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!! I would love to walk there every day,! And stop at the pubs!!

 

[hollydolly]

One last look at the ducks...

Through the park..

get my ice cold coke from the second riverside bar...

..and go and sit in the garden overlooking the river.. about a mile from where we first started...

hope you all enjoyed the journey call back soon, and I'll buy you a drink...

 

[RadishRose]

Did you happen to notice them along your way, Holly?

 

[hollydolly]

everytime I post boat pics someone always posts the Hyacinth video... the are where they are supposed to live is nowhere near this part of England..

 

[RadishRose]

everytime I post boat pics someone always posts the Hyacinth video... the are where they are supposed to live is nowhere near this part of England..

Tsk, no need to be factual.

 

[SmoothSeas]

@hollydolly. appreciate the invite...

this armchair vagabond really, really, REALLY enjoyed your photologue.

thanks for sharing...

 

[Tish]

@hollydolly Thank you so much for taking us with you, the photos are gorgeous.
I am totally in love with those beautiful weeping willows.