Leicestershire canal voted UK's most scenic waterside setting

[Chris Lowe]

From the Beeb website

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-63903302

[matty40s]

Underwhelming winner

[Machpoint005]

My thoughts entirely. 

 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

3 hours ago, matty40s said:

Underwhelming winner

In other news, Leicestershire voted the most deeply average county in the UK.

[Machpoint005]

2 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

In other news, Leicestershire voted the most deeply average county in the UK.

 

Have you never been to Bedfordshire?

 

 

[Feeby100]

Chesterfield canal my best 

[matty40s]

This must have been the 'rate these pictures' which had lots of awful and nondescript photos meaning after about 5 most of us gave up except for Athy.

[Chris Lowe]

I thought you'd all enjoy this, it's worthy of a good grump

[MoominPapa]

Not sure that the winning photo really captures it, but that stretch around Newton Harcourt is one of my favourite anywhere. The canal runs along the side of a shallow valley and you look down towards the river and small, old, isolated church. Great mooring.

 

MP.

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by MoominPapa

[matty40s]

22 minutes ago, MoominPapa said:

Not sure that the winning photo really captures it, but that stretch around Newton Harcourt is one of my favourite anywhere. The canal runs along the side of a shallow valley and you look down towards the river and small, old, isolated church. Great mooring.

 

MP.

 

 

It is one of my favourite stretches too,(which is why I didnt think it a very good pic), lovely walk down to the church and the, garden centre has a decent cafe and shop. Also has the corn maze open June-September usually.

The whole valley was full of water when we came up at Easter 2018, the church has it's own island.

Edited December 9, 2022 by matty40s