Today Gill was with a friend, so I did a solo trip, on the canal to map out 2 more walks for the Accessible Walks page. I parked up in Sampford Peverell and headed east to Waytown Tunnel and Lowdwell Lock. Then after Lunch I headed west pass Halberton finishing at the Tiverton Road car park.
It is unusual to see such a large family of swans, in both photos the parents are nearby.
In the winter when the vegetation has died back, you get a much better view of the tunnel. The Waytown Lime Kilns in the feature photo, were one of the reasons for building the canal. There was a plan to link the English Channel, with the Bristol Channel. The arrival of the railways, knocked that plan on its head.
The distance from where this Kingfisher was perched, resulted in the poor quality photo, but worth including. It’s very rare to actually get a siting of a Kingfisher and today I saw Mr and Mrs.
