Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath Walk : Sawley to Weston on Trent
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Walking the Trent & Mersey Canal Part 1
Sawley to Weston on Trent
Join me as we start a brand new Canal walk adventure, along the famous Trent & Mersey Canal.
Starting at Sawley, we head to our destination of Weston on Trent Via Shardlow and also Aston on Trent.
This was walked in October 2019 during a period when the River Trent was in flood
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My baby area. I hike all over the UK with my photography. But there is something special about the Sawley area
The great English summer weather, three seasons in one day, plus flooding to boot!!! Amazing to see the flow of the Trent in full flood. That was a lovely walk, Ant. Really enjoy these canal walks.
Couldn't agree more! The flooding seemed to follow me around for few months afterwards. Glad you are enjoying them :)
Recent subscriber to this channel as i'm Derby born & bred and i enjoy anything East Midland related when it comes to the great outdoors. Growing up in the 60's & 70's i always used to rue the fact that the Derby Canal which ran to Swarkestone had long since gone. But i do remember quite vividly until around the late 1970's that probably a couple of hundred yards of it still ran from Swarkestone with the banks intact full of water and even had water reeds growing. We used to cycle along it to get to the main T&M canal at Swarkestone lock to do our fishing for Gudgeon, and if we were lucky a Perch or Roach. Days of my halcyon youth now just a distant memory.
Hi Ryan, thanks for watching 🙂 I'd like to get around to doing what remains of the Derby Canal eventually. I've just last week done the Trent and Mersey Canal between Kings Newton and Willington via Swarkestone 🙂
As always, thank you for the beautiful video and chat. See you on the next. Cheers Ant!.
That was a really lovely relaxing video, just what's needed for a Sunday morning. The Trent in flood looks so powerful, it's not hard to imagine the destruction it can cause. Shardlow seems to be a beautiful place, I'm envious of the people living there, it seems so peaceful. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this canal walk pans out.
I need to get back on here asap and hopefully do the entire Canal this year 😀 Are you about tomorrow? We are looking at Lincolnshire, probably Benniworth
@@TrekkingExploration Yes I'm around, I replied to your FB comment but to be honest I'm not too sure how it works and may well have sent my reply into cyber space!!! Apologies. I have personal training clients at various slots during the day, but will be able to get to you at some point, especially if you are at Benniworth. My number is on my FB page so contact me through that, cheers.
Waterways are just so lovely. So many different bridges. Thank you Ant. 😀 Made me smile at that flood, you'd have jumped it 20 years ago,, lol. I say the same these days.
I couldn't remember how I got around that either 😂 I think I went the left side of it.
I'll be back on it to carry on soon 😊
@@TrekkingExploration Great, looking forward to it :-)
Thanks for taking us along with you, can we have an ice cream next time if we’re good?😂👍🏴
I'll see what I can do 😀
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Another well put together video of a cracking area 👍 “oh not again !! “ 🤣🤣 brilliant
I know that made me laugh because I'd forgotten all about it 😅 I'm hoping to get back on this again very soon 🙏😬
The Trent & Mersey is a good walk - and surprisingly varied!
Plenty more to come too 😀
@@TrekkingExploration Just remember the blindfold when you get to Stoke ;-)
I walked that same route with the dog last week always a beautiful walk. And only 15 minutes from home. Excellent as always looking forward to the next episode
Hi Stephen. I've been sat on this one for a long time, waiting until I had more filmed and covid put a big postponement on that. I'm looking to carry on in the next fortnight. I've done a few canals now, but to me this is a popular one with long history
Wow that was just lovely. What a beautiful place to be able to walk. Going down that river in a narrow boat would be lovely. Thank you so much for taking me along I so enjoyed it
Hello Linda I hope you are okay 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it, I'll be back on there again soon so we can carry the journey on 😀
Looking forward to it. I was unfortunate enuf to get Ill so have got behind in my videos. Mind you yours is one of the first I started with, just love them they really pick me up........thanks Ant 💙
I hope you are on the mend 🙏😊
Yes I am thanks Ant
My home patch, loved this one
Thank you 😀 I'll be back on to continue it very soon 😊
Lovely walk shame about the rain 🌧 xx
Lovely video,shame a beautiful sunny day turned to rain,but still a lovely walk, i feel im walking with you while watching it,🤗 xx
The rain added to it in some ways 😀
Love these canal walks Ant ...Look forward to seeing moreof the trent and mersey with you mate ...great video..Frank & Lee..
I'm looking forward to it also I'm hoping to get back by the end of this month 😀
a lovely cooling walk ant on this very hot day
Morning Jonathan I'll hopefully be back on it soon 😊
We have walked the journey in you video many times a great walk thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Walking by water is just lovely, even in the rain, thank you.
I've really missed doing it, but I have plans 😉
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it 😀
I loved this video, I walked sections of it during lockdown, just in the Swarkestone lock area. Can't walk so far now, my knees won't let me! So thanks for taking me along with you
I'll be back to continue it within the next couple of weeks 😊
Glad you watched it and enjoyed it 😁
Cracking video and a nice teaser at the end to watch the next one 👍
Morning Keith glad you enjoyed it. The follow up will be this weekend 😀
They did run boat cruises from the boatyard next to the Bubble Inn, Stenson. I have cycled this route a few times
We were moored at Weston-on-Trent form January till June when we were allowed to move,,, if you had released this video 4 weeks ago we would have taken you down to Shardlow on our narrowboat 😢.... but simply love your videos. Take care and stay safe.
Awwww have you got far now you are able to travel again? 😀
Ah, a great relaxing walk back in the days of Brexit and the flooding!!! A treat for these times to calm the soul, cheers Ant 👍
Glad you enjoyed it. I think like that myself when i do an older one, especially from last year!
There is an old lock and mill ruins just down the lane from Weston-on-Trent lock and turn right, used when the river Trent was navigable... also if you turn right along the cycle track there is the ruins of an old railway yard in the woods that was used in the Second World War... also down the lane from the lock at Weston , turn left and there is a post where the ferry used to go across, operated by a lady called Holly Rowbotham 😊
I'll keep an eye out for the mill when I go back in a couple of weeks. I did manage to find the engine shed lost in the Woods on the Derby side of the Trent. I didn't look the other side where the yard was. I'll do that Next time too 😊
A cracking walk.
It certainly is i'm looking forward to doing more.
Thanks for watching :)
Loved this. Missing the Midlands soooo much. Thank you for what feels like a little trip back home 🤗
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. I'll be back to continue the journey very soon 🙂
Loved the footage of the canal, I have actually traveled the full length of the T&M from the Trent Junction right up to Preston Brook.
It was at Preston Brook where the canal joined the Bridgewater Canal to travel to Runcorn and until the late 1960's there were locks here for you to go down to the River Mersey. Hence its name.
I was hoping to have gone back to continue it in march, but with the restrictions that put paid to that. I'm looking at retuning very soon 👍 Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I love walking along the canals in the UK. Last weekend, I walked along the Chesterfield Canal in Shireoaks. I'll watch your videos to see which canal to visit next.
I've missed walking them this year with the recent restrictions, but I'm hoping to get out onto them in the next couple of weeks. My favourite part of the entire Chesterfield has to be the Kiveton to Shireoaks section 🙂
@@TrekkingExploration We only walked up to the Turnerwood Double Bottom Lock from the Shireoaks Bridge.
Beautiful! The rain just adds to the watery ambiance, though I imagine it wasn't that much fun for you. I want to see a continuation of the walk. How will you name and how will we recognise it?
Thanks for watching 🙂
It'll be the same title with a different start and finish, it should be Weston on Trent to Willington 👍🙂
Sawley Marina is in Leicestershire not Nottinghamshire. Good videos, watch them all.
AHH I went by Google maps and the address, says Long Eaton, Nottingham. Thanks for watching glad you enjoy them 😊
@@TrekkingExploration That's a postal address really. Keep posting them, all well made.