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<\/p>\nDay 52 of the End to End was my second day on the Lancaster canal. I joined it just after Cross Lane at bridge 32. The path was between some high cow parsley and lots of yellow irises. A sunny morning, there were butterflies out, including my favourite Orange-tip, looking a bit ragged but still on the wing.<\/p>\n
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There’s so much life along the canal. Trees offer plenty of shade from time to time as strips of woodland line the route: beech are elegant and birch striking. There are many water birds: Herons are more common and families of ducklings are numerous. But there are also Moorhen, geese and swans. A Buzzard perched on a post and Goldfinches played in the hedges. It was wonderful to walk through all of this. I had a gentle sense of well being that I hoped I’d be able to recall long after the walk has ended.<\/p>\n
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I was well fed by the natural world but also with ice cream. There was some Wallings ice cream at a riverside pub. This is Lancashire ice cream and is another excellent product to mention in my guide to British Ice Cream. When we got to Garstang we had a second round of different flavours.<\/p>\n
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There were three aquaducts on the route. These amazing feats of engineering were opened in 1797 and each one still carries the canal today. The route travles side by side with the A6, the West Coast Main Line and the M6, each one representing the main way of travelling long distances at different times in the last 200 years. Each one still functioning now, although the role of the canal has changed the most. Now a major wild life corridor, it is easy walking. Try some for yourself if you can during National Walking Month.<\/p>\n
The walk ended today in Garstang which was the first Fairtrade Town, a movement that has spread across the whole country.<\/p>\n
From Psalm 1 May the waterway refresh you, may it lull you gently to rest; JAL: 28.05.2019 Day 52 of the End to End was my second day on the Lancaster canal. I joined it just after Cross Lane at bridge 32. The path was between some high cow parsley and lots of yellow irises. A sunny morning, there were butterflies out, including my favourite Orange-tip, looking a bit ragged but still … Continue reading “Life by the water”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHappy are those who reject bad advice, <\/span><\/span>who do not follow the wrong way <\/span><\/span>or join those who say they have no use for God. <\/span><\/span>Instead, they find joy in obedience of God, <\/span><\/span>and they study God’s Way day and night. <\/span><\/span>They are like trees that grow beside a stream, <\/span><\/span>that bear fruit at the right time, <\/span><\/span>and whose leaves do not dry up.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nMay the trees shade you, providing a haven from wind and rain;
\nMay the green plants entrance you, each one a feast for your senses;
\nMay the birds entertain you and the world around you give you strength;
\nMay you respond responsibly and with care in partnership with people world wide;
\nAnd may God grant all a quiet night and a peaceful end.<\/p>\n
\nDay 52 of the End to End; Cross Lane Methodist Church to Garstang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"