Stroll 28

 I had a couple of days walking from Retford to Worksop then Kiveton on the Chesterfield Canal. It was totally new to me, I had never heard of it before, but a revelation. The most beautiful canal, clear as a bell for most of its length, twisting through beautiful woods, plenty of locks. It was built to transport coal from the north Nottingham coalfield to the Trent near Gainsborough; that trade and its marks seem a long way away today.

This is the canal in Retford. It is a couple of metres deep at this point, yet you can clearly see the bottom. Very rare for a canal in my experience. Across the water is the cemetery.