Exploring The Edinburgh To Glasgow Canals
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Exploring The Edinburgh To Glasgow Canals
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Author : Hamish Brown
language : en
Publisher: Stationery Office/Tso
Release Date : 1997
Exploring The Edinburgh To Glasgow Canals written by Hamish Brown and has been published by Stationery Office/Tso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Transportation categories.
The canals linking Edinburgh to Glasgow, in the heart of Scotland. This guide is packed with information on what to see and do.
Exploring The Edinburgh To Glasgow Canals
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Author : Hamish M. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
Release Date : 2006
Exploring The Edinburgh To Glasgow Canals written by Hamish M. Brown and has been published by Mercat Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Canals categories.
The canals linking Edinburgh and Glasgow are not only fascinating historical monuments, but they offer an ever-growing opportunity for recreational activity. This guide is packed with information about what to see and do along the canals.
The Forth And Clyde Canal
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Author : Thomas J. Dowds
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Forth And Clyde Canal written by Thomas J. Dowds and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
The Forth and Clyde Canal, completed in 1790, was by far the largest engineering project that had ever been seen in Scotland. It allowed coal and machinery to travel East and grain to travel West. Passengers could travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh in greater comfort than by stagecoach, and it produced employment along its entire route. But it required capital on a scale previously unknown; it required the collaboration of Edinburgh, Glasgow and London; it required new technology; and it encountered its full measure of constructional problems. It took 22 years to build.The Forth and Clyde Canal enjoyed half a century of success before it was eclipsed by the railways. Although the passenger trade was lost, and much of the freight also, the canal struggled on for another century before the rise of road transport resulted in its decline. Now, after a long period of neglect, and sporting the spectacular Falkirk Wheel, it enjoys new life as an imaginative leisure resource.Thomas J. Dowds tells the story of the rise, fall and rise again of this landmark in Scottish history.
The Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal
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Author : Alison Massey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal written by Alison Massey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Canals categories.
Adrift In Caledonia
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Author : Nick Thorpe
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-12-03
Adrift In Caledonia written by Nick Thorpe and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-03 with Travel categories.
One clear morning in May, Nick Thorpe left his Edinburgh flat, ducked off the commuter route and hitched a ride aboard a little white canal boat, heading west towards the sea. It was the first mutinous step in a delightful boat-hopping odyssey that would take him 2500 miles through Scotland's canals, lochs and coastal waters, from the industrial Clyde to the scattered islands of Viking Shetland. Writing with characteristic humour and candour, the award-winning author of EIGHT MEN AND A DUCK plots a curiously existential voyage, inspired by those who have left the warm hearth for the promise of a stretched horizon. Whether rowing a coracle with a chapter of monks, scanning for the elusive Nessie, hitting the rocks with Captain Calamity or clinging to the rigging of a tall ship, Thorpe weaves a narrative that is by turns funny and poignant - a nautical pilgrimage for any who have ever been tempted to try a new path just to see where it might take them. Part travelogue, part memoir, ADRIFT IN CALEDONIA is a unique and affectionate portrait of a sea-fringed nation - and of the drifter's quest to belong.
Exploring Canals
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Author : Daniel (Senior Content Strategist) Nunn
language : en
Publisher: Young Explorer
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Exploring Canals written by Daniel (Senior Content Strategist) Nunn and has been published by Young Explorer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with categories.
Take a journey along Britain's canals and find out all about how they were built, what locks are and how they work, and canal boats and the people who might live on them. Case studies feature the larger canal systems in Britain such as the Grand Union Canal and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, while our 'top tips' on what to do when on a canal boat provide readers with practical advice for their next boating holiday.
The Canals Of Scotland
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Author : Jean Olivia Lindsay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
The Canals Of Scotland written by Jean Olivia Lindsay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Canals categories.
Scotland S Millennium Canals
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Author : Guthrie Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Stenlake Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Scotland S Millennium Canals written by Guthrie Hutton and has been published by Stenlake Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Canals categories.
In the late eighteenth century, Scottish men of commerce envisioned goods moving easily from sea to sea and city to city. Instead of being carted at a snail's pace on rough unmade roads in tiny quantities, wheat, sugar, salt and more would move in bulk and at speed. So the Forth & Clyde Canal was born, with profit as its motive and Glasgow as its focus. Later, the Union Canal was constructed, completing the network by providing a link from Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk. But the Great War closed the ports on the Forth, and afterwards metalled roads and powerful lorries killed the canals commercially. By the mid-1960s both were closed but now, after over thirty years of campaigning and an ambitious £78 million Millennium Lottery Fund application, Scotland's Millennium Canals have been reborn, with the Falkirk Wheel, a giant rotating boat-lift, as their centrepiece. This lovely books tells that story.
Britain S Canals
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Author : Anthony Burton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-14
Britain S Canals written by Anthony Burton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-14 with Travel categories.
Britain's Canals is a charming and insightful exploration into the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britain's inland waterways – from the awe-inspiring 30-lock flight on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to the delightful chocolate-box lock-keepers' cottages that line the cut of every canal, to masterpieces such as the 18-arch Pontcysyllte aqueduct, the highest aqueduct in the world, to beautiful bridges, grand company buildings, the social hubs that were, and still are, canal-side pubs, plus so much more. In contrast to many inland waterways books which are organised geographically by canal, Britain's Canals is structured thematically, with chapters covering the line (the shape of the canal), locks and lock cottages, bridges, aqueducts, lifts and planes, company buildings, wharves, basins and quays and finally the canal-side pub. Each chapter explores how these features were created and have changed through history, right through to the present, with plenty of ideas for places to visit – plus full information on how to get to them. An abundance of full-colour photography throughout, both historical and modern-day, will delight readers and inspire them to explore Britain's wondrous inland waterways, whether on boat, by foot or by bike. In Britain's Canals, two inland waterways experts and admired authors come together to produce the definitive word on the man-made wonders that make Britain's canals so special, so loved and enjoyed by so many.
Our Great Canal Journeys A Lifetime Of Memories On Britain S Most Beautiful Waterways
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Author : Timothy West
language : en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-02
Our Great Canal Journeys A Lifetime Of Memories On Britain S Most Beautiful Waterways written by Timothy West and has been published by Kings Road Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with Travel categories.
For more than half a century, a shared love of canals and narrowboats has been inseparable from the marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales. The two iconic actors have spent many of the happiest days of their life together enjoying the calming pleasures of watching land and nature unfold before them at four miles an hour. In 2014, Tim and Pru took to the canals of Britain and beyond with a television crew and a brief to record their best-loved trips along the most beautiful waterways they could find. Little did anyone guess that their seemingly light-hearted travelogue, and the story of their lives that it revealed, would transcend the programme's gentle façade, becoming something entirely more powerful. From the outset, the reflective undertones of the possibilities of later life, and the realities of Prunella's dementia, struck a chord with viewers around the country. Now in its seventh series, the show has been described as 'beautiful and meditative' by the Guardian, 'touching' by the Independent and 'a hymn to the possibilities of later life' by the Telegraph, there is no finer, nor more thought-provoking, travelogue on British television. In this handsomely presented book, Timothy West tells the story of the couple's life and travels. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photography, Our Great Canal Journeys recounts their storied careers as actors while recording their remarkable journeys along some of the world's most scenic waterways. Beyond this, however, it explores with sensitivity the trials, but also the joys, of ageing, and how Prunella's struggle with dementia has both changed, and yet failed to change, their lives together. By turns humorous and poignant, Our Great Canal Journeys is at once a beautifully observed ode to a unique, magical method of travelling the world, and a warm meditation upon love, learning and life.