The brilliance of Thomas Telford
Jun 08, 2022
2 minutes
Fiona Reynolds
‘It’s an extraordinary feeling, walking below modern roads, yet surrounded by wildlife’
THE great canal-building age of Britain left a legacy we all enjoy. We trundle happily along these quiet waterways by narrowboat, foot or bicycle, scarcely appreciating their tempestuous history and miraculous survival.
My walk (a nice long one) is along the Shropshire Union Canal, which stretches from the industrial West Midlands to the River
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