Col’s walk yesterday was a bit longer than he planned. He started near the swing bridge on the Rufford arm of the Leeds and Liverpool canal at the Causeway near Rufford. The first stretch of the towpath back towards Burscough was very slipy and muddy. But the bit from Prescot and Baldwins Bridges has been rebuilt and resurfaced. They have done a good job as while it is nice to walk on but not flat and smooth enough for cyclists to go to fast.
As he didn’t fancy walking back the along the muddy towpath he walked back along the Ellerbrook to where it joins the River Douglas near Rufford. Hope you enjoy the pics.
A narrow boat passes under the stone-built bridge, Prescott’s Bridge on a sunny but cool autumn afternoon in November 2024.
This is bridge no 5 of the Rufford arm of the Leeds and Liverpool canal
The arm which starts at a junction near Burscough carries on through 7 locks in total past Rufford to Tarleton. Here there is one more lock, the River Lock where boats can join the tidal River Douglas.
20.11.2024
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Between the 31st of July 2024 and the 8th of November the Canal and River Trust have been rebuilding and resurfacing the canal towpath between Bridges 4, Baldwins Bridge and Bridge 5, Prescott Bridge along the Rufford Arm of the Leeds and Liverpool canal in West Lancashire.
This is the finished project, which is quite good as the surface is very walkable but not too flat and smooth that it can be used as a race track by cyclists.
This view is looking towards Prescott bridge.
The arm which starts at a junction near Burscough carries on through 7 locks in total past Rufford to Tarleton. Here there is one more lock, the River Lock where boats can join the tidal River Douglas.
20.11.2024
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Alongside the Ellerbrook between Low meadows and Blackamoor near Rufford in West Lancashire the geese have taken to flight above an old barn.
The old barn contrasts with the modern wind turbines and the pylons carrying the electricity on to where it is needed.
20.11.2024
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In the air above the Ellerbrook over Low meadows and Blackamoor near Rufford in West Lancashire the geese have taken to flight and are filling the sky.
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With the snow covered foot hills of the Pennines in the back ground a flock of sheep are framed by a old barn alongside the Ellerbrook between Low meadows and Blackamoor near Rufford in West Lancashire.
20.11.2024
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Between the Ellerbrook and the Preston to Ormskirk railway line is an area of low lying land known as Low Meadow. As the autumn has progressed the area has become wetter, but the whooper swans seem to like it.
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The Ellerbrook runs through Lathom in West Lancashire and carries water across the flat lands between Burscough and Rufford. Just before it gets to Rufford in an area of low lying land known as Low Meadow it joins the River Douglas which then flows on to join the river Ribble and out to the Irish sea.
This where the Ellerbrook joins the River Douglas.
20.11.2024
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