From the towpath

Memories of late summer. Filmed and photographed from the towpaths of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Grand Union canals, Lapworth, Warwickshire. (Towpaths are tracks alongside canals originally used by horses to pull narrowboats.)

Britain’s canal system played a vital role in the development of the Industrial Revolution. Eclipsed first by the railways and then road haulage, canals fell into rapid decline after the Second World War. Since the 1970s, the restoration of canals, mainly by volunteers, has been a huge success. The network of fully navigable canals now provides green corridors for leisure craft, cyclists, walkers and wildlife.

Canals of the United Kingdom: http://ift.tt/1m52N29
History of the British canal system: http://ift.tt/2dvg3Fo
Lapworth village website: lapworth.info/

Music
Blossom K. by Raphae
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Photos
Runcorn soapworks (1887), Public Domain
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Bridgewater Canal at Barton (1891), Public Domain
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From the towpath, a video by Nick Wood, 2016
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Cast: Nick Wood

Tags: canal, narrowboat, duck, moorhen, conservation, nature, ethereal strings, piano, classical and ambient electronic