Walking the Grand Union Canal

September 11, 2012

I’m walking the Grand Union Canal from King’s Cross (where I work) to Birmingham in stages, probably one every month, so maybe I’ll hit the second city by next Christmas, or not. We’ll just have to see.

Here are the proposed stages so far:

Stage 1: King’s Cross – Lisson Grove
Stage 2: Lisson Grove – Greenford
Stage 3: Greenford – Uxbridge
Stage 4: Uxbridge – Moor Park
Stage 5: Moor Park – Tring
Stage 6: Tring – Leighton Buzzard
Stage 7: Leighton Buzzard to Milton Keynes
Stage 8: Milton Keynes to Iron Trunk aqueduct
…and so on and so forth up to Brum.

Here’s a map of the route of the Grand Union Canal.

London to Birmingham via the Grand Union Canal

Comments

These posts were first published on my old WordPress site, where family, friends and passing strangers would sometimes leave comments. I’ve decided to keep a few from much loved people who are no longer with us, especially my mother, Maggie, and my father-in-law, Bob. Both were keen walkers and always took an interest in my adventures.

Another great walk Martin. An historic route following the footsteps of hard working families and their horses who worked the canals. They hauled everything from coal ,raw materials & manufactured goods so that products like iron , textiles , pottery and glass could reach our ports . As you walk you may think how grateful the potters and glass makers were for the smooth canals after the high breakage rate caused by primitive carts!

Bob