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A few pictures from a recent holiday spent beside the canal at Norbury Junction in Staffordshire. Norbury Junction is a lovely hamlet situated on the Shropshire Union canal at the junction of what was once the Shrewsbury and Newport canal. |
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The canal basin at Norbury Junction. |
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Wharf cottage. |
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The view from the window of Wharf cottage. |
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Looking south along the canal. |
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The Junction Inn, a pub I can highly recommend. |
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Looking under the canal bridge at Norbury Junction, the buildings are the British Waterways maintenance yard. |
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Colourful narrowboats. |
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The entrance to the now abandoned Shrewsbury and Newport canal. Ambitious plans are afoot to restore the canal to its former glory. |
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This short piece of canal is all that remainsof the Shrewsbury and Newport canal today. |
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A Heron sitting on the towpath looking for it's first feed of the day. |
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