I LOVE canals!
Ever since I found out about the Croydon Canal, soon after i moved to the area seven years ago, I have often looked up the navigation on the internet on various websites trying to identify the bits of se23 I was familiar with. I've always wanted to walk the nav, but never got round to doing so on my own. So I'm really up for this one.

About 18 months ago I had the priviledge of volunteering for a charity and took a group of sighted and visually impaired people on a one week barge trip from shropshire to Llangollan and back. It was a truly awesome journey, I'd only ever done about 4 navs in the flat SE of England (a very enjoyable experience with friends, or on my own with a 6 berth barge!) but this was stunning and challenging (in many ways), through narrow, sheer mountainous cuttings, round hairpin bends and across the highest of aqueducts. Luckily, as soon as I moored and stopped the engine each evening, someone would appear with a glass of chilled white wine for. Heaven

oooh i love canals