I used to share so many of our canalside walks on here when we had the dogs. It's just not the same without them. There's no little companion to talk to and to stop for a while and drink in nature while they sniff and explore what must be so many glorious scents for doggy noses.
It all feels a bit flat ... but it is beautiful.
There were lots of little clumps of bluebells in the long shaggy grass.
It's sad to see all these new houses in what were until very recently vast swathes of green fields. The people that live on these boats are going to feel very overlooked in the near future.
Just how our schools and the single doctors practice that our town has, are going to cope with yet another influx of new people I really don't know. This new development has hundreds and hundreds of houses and flats along the length of the A6 and going way back into what was all farmland.
Heading back for home it made me realise that I will miss the proximity of the canal when we move. It always feels calm and green, especially if I head away from the new houses and the noise of the builders.
Sue xx
New houses in my village still 50% unsold, 3 years after they started. In BiL's village they stopped building, left many unfinished open to the weather. 70 more due to be started here in the Autumn. It's a mad world.
ReplyDeleteWe did have two building sites further into town that stopped for a while as the companies went out of business, but everything is full steam ahead now. The minute the houses are finished people are moving in on all the developments. It looks strange seeing curtains up and cars on the drive on one side of the road, and building supplies being delivered to half finished houses on the other, but the people seem to cope with it.
DeleteWe’re the same in our town and it’s a real problem with services as you say. You’ll make your new garden your place of calm I’m sure and you will be sitting in it this time next year. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI don't know how our poor doctors practice is coping at all, but they seem to be, only by the skin of their teeth I should imagine.
DeleteThe bluebells round here have been lovely this year.
ReplyDeleteThey are such pretty flowers aren't they. :-)
DeleteI hope you find some lovely walks near your new home.
ReplyDeleteOh there are quite a few, we will be nearer the river than the canal this time, our homes are only a 10 minutes walk from each other.
DeleteIt feels like too many new houses are going up in green spaces, it’s the same in our village. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
We are losing so much of a our farmland aren't we, it's such a shame.
DeleteThe same is happening all around our local town. We've just been away to Seaton where some of their developments seem to have ground to a halt - the more/very expensive ones! In some cases I think they thought that Londoners would buy them - following the covid exodus. Of course, a lot of them then got bored living in the country and a lot of that market has dried up. Where we were looking, phase 1 hadn't sold and the phase 2 that they should have started building a year ago shows no signs of activity.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame to be continually losing so much countryside and also to not be managing to build homes for young families at the same time.
I would miss the canal too. We are very near the Tamar and when the time comes to move I will miss it very much. There's always something to see.
It's sad when houses are being built on green sites but then not being bought isn't it. Such a waste of farmland. My son used to live in Seaton, but it was Seaton, Cumbria ...which I don't think you are talking about are you. :-)
DeleteI have the same feeling when I walk on the canal (or anywhere, really) -- it's not the same without the dog!
ReplyDeleteI guess one benefit of living in London is that everything's already been so built up, another development project doesn't matter much. We have a nearby shopping center being torn down for a new housing development, and recently a council building was demolished for new apartments. It's happening everywhere in the city. And still there's a housing shortage!
When we had the dogs we would often joke about why people were going for walks without a dog ... now we are they!!
DeleteAt least in London buildings are being replaced with new buildings, I can cope with that. Here it's what was until quite recently, farmland growing arable crops being turned into virtual 'cookie cutter' housing estates. I understand that farmers can sell the land and make lots of money, but it's sad to watch.
Your photos are gorgeous. Our friends Liz & Al live in an old tollkeepers cottage on the Hatherton Canal, it is beautiful and great for walks. xxx
ReplyDeleteYour friends are so lucky, I love the old cottages that are along some canals, here we don't have any unfortunately. But we do have lots of gorgeous very old bridges.
DeleteGreen spaces are so important for mental health, sorry that you are losing yours and that you no longer have a fur friend to walk and talk to.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Even just looking at green spaces is good for the soul isn't it. :-)
DeleteBeautiful canals. Yes, city life has a way of encroaching into the rural countryside. We live on the edge but for how long, we don't know.
ReplyDeleteMy dog passed about 6 weeks ago and all of a sudden I'm noticing all the dog walkers who walk past my house. I sure do miss those walks! 😥
I'm so sorry to hear about your dog, it's so hard isn't it, especially those first few weeks. Take care. xx
DeleteThe canal walks you have shared have all looked lovely to me. There aren't any similar canals where I live.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful and very rural canal, except for the encroachment of the new houses it's very picturesque.
DeleteDo you think you will get another dog once you move?
ReplyDeleteOnce we've had a few holidays the year after we move in, we are hoping to get another dog. Alan would like to get a Border Collie again. ❤️
Delete