Boatdate: 15062021

Location: Frankton Locks

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Health & Safety Executive: Furious

Weather: Bit Schorchio...factor 50 schorchio

 

Heading down Frankton Locks onto the Montgomery Canal. The folk in the house you see just through those lock gates should move out and let us live there! This canal runs for 33 miles through Weshpool down to Newtown. It breached in 1936 and was officially abandoned in 1944 though an ongoing restoration project is underway. Currently there are only 7 miles of navigable waterway open to us from the lock I am leaping over. The number of boats permitted on the canal is limited at any one time so booking passage is essential. Much of the canal route is designated as an SSRI and Special Conservation Area with a rich diversity of wildlife and flora as it has been so little disturbed since the canal closure.