366 MEME - Day 123 - Bude.

[debris4spike]

This is an "ariel" view to show that the canal and the river do run side by side ... and out towards the Atlantic Ocean. I walked up to the top of a bank surrounding the council offices to take this for you all!

Comments

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

A lovely sight. When I lived in Nuremberg, Germany, we could watch barges going down the canal just outside our living room picture window.

[debris4spike]

A lot of the canals in England are mostly used for pleasure now. This used to take sand from this beach to Launceston, and then onto the river and so to Plymouth for building - thus avoiding the treacherous coast.

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the photo and the extra information. Interesting.

[debris4spike]

I am just so lucky to live in a beautifula nd interesting place.

[downunderdeb.livejournal.com]

Ah, someone asked first. I wondered what the canal was used for ... interesting history. Guess that's what happens when a country has so much history. We've only got over two hundred years of European settlement history - seems so little in comparison to other places.

[debris4spike]

Yes, that has been an unexpected bonus of LJ - I am re-discoverying a love of my local history.

The main theing about the canal is that, now, it is the only working sea lock gates in England.

[kaczurda.livejournal.com]

Wow what a gorgeous picture!

[debris4spike]

It's a beautiful place.