After himself had joined in on a session at the Velodrome of course!
We had our picnic lunch at the Fourteen Locks centre carpark and had a wander down by the canal.
Ten years ago they were doing a massive amount of work, cleaning out basins and repairing locks, but they always come up against the problem of the canal running through three council boroughs.....and they don't seem able to agree on one policy and funding regarding the Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
However the good thing is that, despite lockdowns and all, the volunteers have still been clearing undergrowth as much as they can. The canal's workings could be restored as far as Fourteen Locks. After that many roads across it have not been put over bridges and the canal water goes through a pipe, so it couldn't properly be restored up to Pontywaun, just before Cwmcarn.
In the middle of the picture above is the western end of the Brynglas tunnels on the
M4, and the canal runs along side. The junction with the other section of the canal is just where the slip road from the middle of Newport joins the main motorway, then this canal follows the contour to the right towards the city centre.
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That looks to have been a good walk (really interesting about the problems with the canal - we've a load of canals round here and they have also had problems with restorations but now they are very popular and well used)
That's a pretty place.
I always think 14 locks is a rather disappointing place - so much potential and yet somehow stalled. I much prefer the canal higher up and the fabulous little cafe at Pomtymoile.
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