Hello!
I am slowly but surely making my way along the Leeds - Liverpool Canal, starting in Liverpool. I have walked the first 98.25 miles split into short walks of between 3 and 15 miles.
I thought I would post here to say how good this canal is for walkers. Most of the canal is alongside railways and roads which mean you can walk between stations and get there and back easily. The canal passes through inner city areas with very interesting (but rapidly disappearing) industrial archaeology, and many miles of countryside from the Lancashire plains to the Pennines and Aire Valley. The Pennine Way crosses the canal near Gargrave, and the canal is a more scenic alternative for one section.
I was wondering if anyone from ths forum had walked on this canal? I have a website promoting the canal and giving some history of it and would be interested to hear what walkers think of it and what sort of information walkers would be looking for when planning a walk or choosing a route.