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Good to see so many canal boats together

The road outside maked as delightful approach into Ashby St ledgers

Have a bike rack, so you can enjoy the view and treat

Great view but you will need to carry your bike over this bridge!

It's perhaps not the most scenic place you will ever walk but Watford Gap has a certain charm for transport enthusiasts. Here pass the historic Roman Watling Street, the A5, the Birmingham to London railway line, the Grand Union Canal and the M1 motorway. The reason all these major transport arteries pass through here is because Watford Gap is a low-lying region between hills on the limestone escarpment that crosses the heart of England. It's a crucial link between the Midlands and the South East, with many citing it as the dividing line between Northern and Southern England.

Between 1375 and 1611, Ashby Manor House was home to the Catesby family. It was here that Robert Catesby and his fellow rebels, including Guy Fawkes, conspired to blow up the Houses of Parliament in an act of treason that became known as the Gunpowder Plot. Today, the impressive manor is home to beautiful gardens and grounds and is available for private hire.

The Braunston Tunnel is 2,042 yards in length on the Grand Union Canal about 830 yds east of Braunston, Northamptonshire, If you take a small ride up the service road and look out for some nice tech trails back down to the towpath, great fun 👍

This plaque is dedicated to the Whitlocks one of the three Braunston boatmen families who worked the canals to their end. In 1940 Rose and an all female crew of mother, sister, and niece Laura aged eleven, set the record for Samuel Barlow Coal Co. by loading coal twice in one week at Coventry, after unloading the first in London. When the trade ceased in 1970 the Whitlocks tied up here and lived the next six years on Butty Lucy afloat in the old way, until Rose's arthritis forced them to move onto the bank. Rose Whitlock (born Ward) 1917 1999 Bill Whitlock 1915 2001 Laura Carter 1929 20