Pearsons Canal Companion
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Coverage:- The Grand Union Canal - Gayton Junction (Northampton) to Leicester The River Soar - Leicester to Trent Lock (Long Eaton) The Erewash Canal - Long Eaton to Langley Mill The Non-Tidal Trent - Shardlow (Derby) to Cromwell (Newark) The Grantham Canal - Nottingham to Grantham The Chesterfield Canal - Chesterfield to West Stockwith (Gainsborough) Key places featured include: Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Ilkeston, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Chesterfield, Worksop and Retford. The Canal Companions have been chugging along 'the cut' for over thirty years; conveying facts and figures, insight and entertainment, wit and wisdom: form Brentford to Burscough, from Shardlow to Sharpness, from Tipton to Todmorden. All manner of folk have been encouraged to explore the inland waterways using these guides, which have become as much a part of tradition as their subject matter. This Companion breaks fresh ground for Pearsons, exploring the Leicester Section of the Grand Union, the non-tidal Trent, and the fascinatingly diverse Erewash, Grantham and Chesterfield canals.
Over 200 miles of characterful inland waterways expertly interpreted to inspire discovery, on foot, afloat or by bicycle. Michael Pearson has been the author for more than thirty years of this well known series and also the 'Iron Roads' series, plus 'Railway Holiday in Scotland', 'Coming up with the Goods', 'Me, My Morgan & the Midlands' and 'Journeys into Staffordshire'.
Over 200 miles of characterful inland waterways expertly interpreted to inspire discovery, on foot, afloat or by bicycle. Michael Pearson has been the author for more than thirty years of this well known series and also the 'Iron Roads' series, plus 'Railway Holiday in Scotland', 'Coming up with the Goods', 'Me, My Morgan & the Midlands' and 'Journeys into Staffordshire'.
The "Canal Companions" have been chugging along the 'cut' for thirty years; conveying facts and figures, insights and entertainment, wit and wisdom: from Brentford to Burscough, from Shardlow to Sharpness, from Tipton to Todmorden. All manner of folk have been encouraged to explore inland waterways using these guides, which have become as much a part of tradition as their subject matter. This 9th Edition "Welsh Waters" focusses on the Shropshire Union, Lllangollen, Monmouthshire & Brecon, Montgomery and connecting canals in the region, expertly interpreted to inspire you, on foot, afloat or by bicycle.
Pearson's "Canal Companions" have achieved cult status with canal users of all kinds. These lively, colourful and committed books are generally regarded as the most detailed, informative and down-right entertaining guides to the inland waterways. Each of the nine titles in the series covers a popular route or area with large scale and highly detailed maps accompanied by a wide ranging commentary, descriptions of waterside towns and villages, and itemised listings on eating and drinking, shopping, visitor centres, public transport and boating facilities. Of particular use to walkers and cyclists is the classification of towpath conditions into three grades. Considerable coverage is given to items of industrial archaeological interest. The Cheshire Ring canal network includes Ashton & Peak Forest Canals; Bridgewater Canal; Leeds & Liverpool Canal; Macclesfield Canal; Ribble Link; Rochdale Canal; Trent & Mersey Canal; and, Weaver Navigation. This is the 2009, 9th edition.
Pearson's Canal Companions have achieved cult status with canal users of all kinds. These lively, colourful and committed books are generally regarded as the most detailed, informative and down-right entertaining guides to the inland waterways. Each of the nine titles in the series covers a popular route or area with large scale and highly detailed maps accompanied by a wide ranging commentary, descriptions of waterside towns and villages, and itemised listings on eating and drinking, shopping, visitor centres, public transport and boating facilities. Of particular use to walkers and cyclists is the classification of towpath conditions into three grades. Considerable coverage is given to items of industrial archaeological interest. The Pennine Waters canal network includes the Wigan, Leeds, Castleford, Sowerby Bridge, Huddersfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Selby canals. This is the 2010, 4th edition