Ashton Under Lyne to Manchester - 20th October 2016
Ashton Canal, Manchester
My friend and I walked the whole of the Ashton Canal (October 2016) from Ashton Under Lyne to Manchester. The walk was approximately seven miles and we walked through Audenshaw, Farfield, Droylsden, Openshaw, Clayton, Bradford-With-Beswick, Holt Town, Ancoats and Manchester. We were a bit concerned walking the Ashton Canal because of its reputation of past incidents from local youths and children. We found the canal pleasant and enjoyed Greater Manchester's suburbia and its industrial past!
We continued our walk through Manchester City Centre on the Rochdale Canal. We had an unpleasant and creepy walk underground at Piccadilly Lock 85. We saw there a group of people openly smoking and taking drugs and I noticed needles on the tow path. Still we walked on and continued through Canal Street up to Lock 86.
Our ultimate aim is to walk the whole of the Cheshire Ring which covers six canals: Ashton, The Peak Forest, Macclesfield, Trent and Mersey, Bridgewater and Rochdale. Usually the canal journey is done anti-clockwise but we plan to do it clockwise.
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