| Walk: | Lancaster Canal & northern reaches, Capernwray & Priest Hutton | ||
| Start Point: | Longlands Hotel, Tewitfield | Grid Reference: | SD 520 737 |
| Distance: | 5.3 miles | Ascent: | 370 feet |
| Time: | 3 hours | ||
| Weather: | Dry & warm with some sun, | ||
| Comments: | 43 walkers set off along the canal going south toward Capernrway. After passing under the railway bridge, which carries the line from Leeds to Morecambe, & over the Keer Aqueduct, we crossed over the bridge to set off through fields with a variety of stiles & by a stream to a coffee stop with good views, before arriving at Priest Hutton. From there it was up a lane & down an overgrown pathway before more fields to reach the cottages by Coat Green Farm. A minor road led back to the canal where we saw the disused set of locks on the ‘northern reaches’ which it is hoped will one day be opened again to canal traffic. | ||
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The start of the walk at the end of the Lancaster Canal
A plaque at Keer aqueduct
A motley crew at Capernwray
Our leader keeps to the rails
Reflections at Capernwray
A railway bridge carrying the Carnforth to Yorkshire line
Plenty of green at Green Bank
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Sloe (Blackthorn fruit)
A combined gate and stile
Clocked off perhaps
Morning refreshments
Distant Lakeland hills
On the road to Priest Hutton
Wild damsons
Passing through Priest Hutton
A very narrow green lane with ample nettles
Stewart thinks he's lost
One of many high stiles
Crossing a newly mown filed and the Lancashire - Cumbria border
Rejoining the canal at Tewitfield
Approaching a series of disused locks at Tewitfield