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#9: Stroudwater Navigation
Originally surveyed by John Hore - him off of the Kennet and the Avon (but not the Kennet and Avon) fame.
Two photos of John Robinson Lock during a Feb 2023 visit with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social and @courtabovethecut.bsky.social
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
Originally surveyed by John Hore - him off of the Kennet and the Avon (but not the Kennet and Avon) fame.
Two photos of John Robinson Lock during a Feb 2023 visit with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social and @courtabovethecut.bsky.social
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
August 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#9: Stroudwater Navigation
Originally surveyed by John Hore - him off of the Kennet and the Avon (but not the Kennet and Avon) fame.
Two photos of John Robinson Lock during a Feb 2023 visit with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social and @courtabovethecut.bsky.social
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
Originally surveyed by John Hore - him off of the Kennet and the Avon (but not the Kennet and Avon) fame.
Two photos of John Robinson Lock during a Feb 2023 visit with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social and @courtabovethecut.bsky.social
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
At some point in the next 18 months I'll be turning 40. I've decided to set myself the challenge of visiting 40 different canals before then. No real rules – obvs disused is better – but anything goes!
Rather arbitrarily, it starts today...
#ukcanals
#40before40
Rather arbitrarily, it starts today...
#ukcanals
#40before40
April 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
At some point in the next 18 months I'll be turning 40. I've decided to set myself the challenge of visiting 40 different canals before then. No real rules – obvs disused is better – but anything goes!
Rather arbitrarily, it starts today...
#ukcanals
#40before40
Rather arbitrarily, it starts today...
#ukcanals
#40before40
May 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Realised that finishing my cross stitch yesterday takes me to 12/40 on my #40Before40 - complete a picture for the babies of all of the special people in my life was on there
June 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Realised that finishing my cross stitch yesterday takes me to 12/40 on my #40Before40 - complete a picture for the babies of all of the special people in my life was on there
May 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
17: Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Stanley Locks, connecting the canal to Stanley Docks. Some wicked 1840s buildings going on here!
#leedsandliverpoolcanal
#ukcanals
#40before40
The Stanley Locks, connecting the canal to Stanley Docks. Some wicked 1840s buildings going on here!
#leedsandliverpoolcanal
#ukcanals
#40before40
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
17: Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Stanley Locks, connecting the canal to Stanley Docks. Some wicked 1840s buildings going on here!
#leedsandliverpoolcanal
#ukcanals
#40before40
The Stanley Locks, connecting the canal to Stanley Docks. Some wicked 1840s buildings going on here!
#leedsandliverpoolcanal
#ukcanals
#40before40
35: Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal)
There and back in a day (alas not just to visit a canal).
Love the city and looking down at the cut from street level.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#chester
#cheshire
There and back in a day (alas not just to visit a canal).
Love the city and looking down at the cut from street level.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#chester
#cheshire
April 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
35: Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal)
There and back in a day (alas not just to visit a canal).
Love the city and looking down at the cut from street level.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#chester
#cheshire
There and back in a day (alas not just to visit a canal).
Love the city and looking down at the cut from street level.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#chester
#cheshire
34: Basingstoke Canal
One of my locals, and what has become a family tradition on Mother's Day: a walk to forage for #wildgarlic!
#40before40
#ukcanals
#basingstokecanal
#hampshire
One of my locals, and what has become a family tradition on Mother's Day: a walk to forage for #wildgarlic!
#40before40
#ukcanals
#basingstokecanal
#hampshire
March 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
34: Basingstoke Canal
One of my locals, and what has become a family tradition on Mother's Day: a walk to forage for #wildgarlic!
#40before40
#ukcanals
#basingstokecanal
#hampshire
One of my locals, and what has become a family tradition on Mother's Day: a walk to forage for #wildgarlic!
#40before40
#ukcanals
#basingstokecanal
#hampshire
June 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
24: Cannock Extension Canal
Suspiciously parked on the bridge to capture this 30-second exposure at about 8pm. Had to forgo getting the Curly Wyrley after this due to a road closure :(
#ukcanals
#Staffordshire
#40before40
Suspiciously parked on the bridge to capture this 30-second exposure at about 8pm. Had to forgo getting the Curly Wyrley after this due to a road closure :(
#ukcanals
#Staffordshire
#40before40
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
24: Cannock Extension Canal
Suspiciously parked on the bridge to capture this 30-second exposure at about 8pm. Had to forgo getting the Curly Wyrley after this due to a road closure :(
#ukcanals
#Staffordshire
#40before40
Suspiciously parked on the bridge to capture this 30-second exposure at about 8pm. Had to forgo getting the Curly Wyrley after this due to a road closure :(
#ukcanals
#Staffordshire
#40before40
Managed to tick two separate items off my #40Before40 today - visit Hadrian's Wall and see Sycamore Gap (well, what's left of it anyway), taking me to 14/40 now.
Realised that finishing my cross stitch yesterday takes me to 12/40 on my #40Before40 - complete a picture for the babies of all of the special people in my life was on there
August 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Managed to tick two separate items off my #40Before40 today - visit Hadrian's Wall and see Sycamore Gap (well, what's left of it anyway), taking me to 14/40 now.
May 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
22: Croydon Canal
Just 27 years in use... abandoned in 1836, the first to be done so by an act of parliament
Here it is running alongside Betts Park in Anerley. Ripples from a disturbed moorhen...
#40before40
#ukcanals
Just 27 years in use... abandoned in 1836, the first to be done so by an act of parliament
Here it is running alongside Betts Park in Anerley. Ripples from a disturbed moorhen...
#40before40
#ukcanals
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
22: Croydon Canal
Just 27 years in use... abandoned in 1836, the first to be done so by an act of parliament
Here it is running alongside Betts Park in Anerley. Ripples from a disturbed moorhen...
#40before40
#ukcanals
Just 27 years in use... abandoned in 1836, the first to be done so by an act of parliament
Here it is running alongside Betts Park in Anerley. Ripples from a disturbed moorhen...
#40before40
#ukcanals
June 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
#6: Coombe Hill Canal
This short canal was built in 1796 to serve Cheltenham with coal. It had one lock off the Severn, and terminated in a basin on the Tewkesbury–Gloucester rd.
The lock was borked by a winter storm in 1876 and was never navigable again.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
This short canal was built in 1796 to serve Cheltenham with coal. It had one lock off the Severn, and terminated in a basin on the Tewkesbury–Gloucester rd.
The lock was borked by a winter storm in 1876 and was never navigable again.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
July 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#6: Coombe Hill Canal
This short canal was built in 1796 to serve Cheltenham with coal. It had one lock off the Severn, and terminated in a basin on the Tewkesbury–Gloucester rd.
The lock was borked by a winter storm in 1876 and was never navigable again.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
This short canal was built in 1796 to serve Cheltenham with coal. It had one lock off the Severn, and terminated in a basin on the Tewkesbury–Gloucester rd.
The lock was borked by a winter storm in 1876 and was never navigable again.
#40before40
#ukcanals
#gloucestershire
26: Bentley Canal
About ½ mile from its junction with the BCN Anson Branch.
This is the boring end – all the locks were out west near the W&E.
There's now a community orchard here, which is noice. 👌
And signage warning against antisocial motorcycle behaviour.
#ukcanals
#westmidlands
#40before40
About ½ mile from its junction with the BCN Anson Branch.
This is the boring end – all the locks were out west near the W&E.
There's now a community orchard here, which is noice. 👌
And signage warning against antisocial motorcycle behaviour.
#ukcanals
#westmidlands
#40before40
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
26: Bentley Canal
About ½ mile from its junction with the BCN Anson Branch.
This is the boring end – all the locks were out west near the W&E.
There's now a community orchard here, which is noice. 👌
And signage warning against antisocial motorcycle behaviour.
#ukcanals
#westmidlands
#40before40
About ½ mile from its junction with the BCN Anson Branch.
This is the boring end – all the locks were out west near the W&E.
There's now a community orchard here, which is noice. 👌
And signage warning against antisocial motorcycle behaviour.
#ukcanals
#westmidlands
#40before40