A New Canal
Canals in the UK are always thought to be something that were created in the dim distant past, where railways didn’t exist. But two hundred years after it was first mooted, a new canal is being created in the heart of England.
The first tangible signs of the proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway, which has the potential to become one of the great projects of the 21st century, are taking shape in central Bedfordshire.
This is how it is announced on the web site, but the canal, which links the Great Ouse to the Grand Union Canal, looks to have tremendous potential at unlocking leisure activities, by linking the waterways of East Anglia to those of the Midlands.
Everything I’ve read about this project looks sensible and it is one of a number of similar projects that should be performed in these difficult times. Once created, this waterway will still be around in hundreds or even thousands of years.
The Anonymous Widower 