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MILE 64
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Holt and Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire : KAC64.00=KAC65.00 |
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KandAC mile 64
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KandAC mile 64 - OS 1inch map, early 19th century.
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... some bits of canal are quieter than others; but listen for trains
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The Kennet and Avon Canal from mile 64 to mile 65 runs peacefully
along the valley of the River Avon; the first part is along the side
of the valley, a steep embankment to the north, the second part is
embanked both sides. The towpath is on the north side.
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Woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, in the hedge by the towpath.
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KandAC culvert 64.09
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Where gaps in the bushes allow, the view to the north has the River
Avon meandering in its valley, and the Westbury - Bath railway line
taking a smoother curve. The large wood to the north is Great Bradford
Wood.
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Scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, on the towpath.
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Tall trees shadow the towpath for a long way along this stretch of the
canal.
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This looks like a winding point, but the canal maps say it just where
a small stream enters the canal; the towpath glares in the sun.
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There is a plug in the canal bed at about 64 miles 47 chains; and an
overflow at about 48 chains.
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KandAC culvert 64.52
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Parish boundary Holt - Bradford-on-Avon: ST83975952
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Work boat moored on the offside.
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Water figwort, Scrophularia auriculata (impossible to photograph
without extension tubes!)
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The new private planting directly north and below the canal is
Widbrook Wood, there is permission to walk there.
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The area on the south is Widbrook; this includes Widbrook House,
Widbrook Arabian Stud. The road from Trowbridge to Bradford-on-Avon
comes down Widbrook Hill before crossing the canal a little further
on.
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Work boat, dum barge with a patina of fine rust.
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Roses and diamonds on a canal boat door.
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Working boat Mercury moored outside Bradford-on-Avon Marina.
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MIDLANDS & COAST / CANAL CARRIERS LTD / WOLVERHAMPTON
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Working boat Mercury.
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Bradford-on-Avon Marina, Bradford-on-Avon
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There is mooring about here.
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There was once a pub called the Gongoozler about here.
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Milepost 65; does the barbed wire protect it? hold it down? or what?
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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