{"id":1867,"date":"2021-02-04T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triciawilson.co.uk\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:25:56","slug":"11-miles-of-walking-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"11 miles of walking heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My husband and I have discovered the Grand Western Canal, running a few miles from our home, starting from Tiverton, Devon. The canal was proposed as early as 1796 to link the Bristol Channel to the English Channel to bypass Lands End.  However, the proposed canal was never completed because the railway removed the need for its existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eleven-mile section in Devon that had been finished remains open, despite many threats over the years, and is now a designated country park and local nature reserve.  We have chosen to walk sections of the canal, from car park to car park, with the idea to eventually walk the entire thing if we feel fit enough one day.  The park is very well maintained and the majority of the paths are hard packed and not muddy which is a benefit for walking around here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a few of the magnificent views that can be seen along the first five miles of the canal from Tiverton to Sampford Peverell in Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n