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Thanks Heartland, plenty to look at there.

Thanks Flyboy and Dora. I'm not in the best of health unfortunately which is one reason why I do the walks, it helps me a lot. I'm restricted though to about 4 to 5 miles. The links are great and I will probably cherry pick parts of the routes. The Stratford canal looks good, I need to look what rail stations are available in the area. It helps if I can get off at one then walk the canal and get back on at another.

Jennifer, thank you too. I hadn't realized you could do this kind of search on Google Maps, I'll be having a good look.

A small town called Eccleshall about midway between Stafford and Newcastle-under-Lyme. I will have a look at the guides you mention, thank you.

I live in Staffordshire and often use the canals for walking as not only are they picturesque (in the main) but they're mostly flat. I travel by bus and train to places I can visit within a day. I'm especially interested in aqueducts but not exclusively. Can anyone make any recommendations please. Googling doesn't bring up a great lot.

Ha! Didn't even notice, sorry. Perhaps I'm related to one of those tin snails you founded (your signature)...

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