Tag: Brecon & Monmouth Canal

  • Slowboat to Abergavenny (nearly)

    Slowboat to Abergavenny (nearly)

    In June this year, Jenny, my sister Jane, and I embarked on a narrowboat cruise along the Brecon and Monmouth Canal. We discovered that we should probably not do such a holiday again unless we have at least one of our children with us! We felt we needed a holiday at the end to recover…

  • Fourteen Locks on a wet, cloudy day

    Fourteen Locks on a wet, cloudy day

    Fourteen Locks, Newport  A couple of weeks ago the U3A Photography Group visited the Fourteen Locks Canal Centre just off the M4 near Newport. Not a great day for photography, but we had a challenge – to use a fixed focal length for all our shots and not to do any post-processing. That was for…

  • A walk by the canal

    The weather wasn’t outstanding, so the light was challenging at times, but Joe and I got a walk in along the canal from Pencelli to Brecon and back, stopping for lunch at the Brecon Tap – excellent pies!!! You can see a few more images from the walk on Flickr …