Before travelling on the Montgomery Canal I had imagined it to be a winding rural canal. It's certainly rural, but there are stretches which are perfectly straight. That's the case on the northern section anyway.
The Perry Aqueduct, below, is near where the disastrous breach of 1936 occurred. This breach led to the official abandonment of the canal in 1944. Wikipedia gives the date of restoration as 1996. Was this when the breach was finally repaired?
The Monty was certainly free of long lines of moored boats and queues at locks. But there are other things to limit your speed: speed limits. Much of the canal is restricted to 3mph; and there are places - specially constructed fauna/flora havens which narrow the channel - you're not supposed to go faster than 2mph. As our normal cruising speed is around 2.5mph anyway, this was not a problem.
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Was this aqueduct we were crossing just as I was, coincidently, filling in the word 'aquaduct' in a code word puzzle?
Not if you spelled it like that! But, yes, we were crossing this aqueduct at the exact moment you were entering that word.
Oops, well, got it right the first time!
As a side note, nothing looks sharper than a neatly coiled rope. It warms the nautical blood in my veins.
Ah, thank you Bill!
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