A nice bike ride from Exeter Canal Quay down to the Turf Inn and back along the old Exeter Ship canal; passing Topsham on the way....once England's second busiest port!
looking back up the Exeter ship canal towards Exeter
one of the canal's residents
a little community of boats is found at the lock gate end where it joins the river Exe
some have 'an interesting' style
the turf inn
it was rather nice sitting on the left hand side with our backs up against the pub shingles
watching the Topsham ferry winding its way down river
looking across the estuary towards Topsham with old boat wrecks in the foreground
looking down river towards Exmouth
the Penzance - Paddington railway line runs on the embankment behind the boats
the lock entrance to the Exeter ship canal
on our cycle ride back we came upon this old gem. I think, but I may be wrong here, that this is an old WW2 motor torpedo boat
wasn't much protection for the crew, from cold, waves, bullets or splinters
Wow!!!! Now those are beautiful! What a spectacular area. Have you taken Arwen through that area yet?
ReplyDeleteWay outside my normal sailing area, about fifty miles up coast to east. Sailing through the narrow exe estuary mouth at exmouth is not for the faint hearted!
ReplyDeleteCan't get onto the ship canal. They rarely open the lock gates nowadays. You negotiate a few swinging bridges and have to arrange for bridge keepers to be present. The canal runs right up to Exeter quays where there is a small boatyard, an adventure centre and a few more moored boats.
I am lucky. I live in one of the best areas in the UK. But then people from Yorkshire, way up north would say the same; and frankly, the welsh would claim Wales was God's last effort on the planet..he created it on a Saturday and rested on the Sunday because he knew he'd finally created perfection!
Steve