However in about 100m the towpath closed and we were directed up into the car park of a massive new TESCO supermarket. It did have a nice view of an old mill though.
We had difficulty finding our way back to the canal, it involved crossing an incredibly busy road. We asked a local why the towpath was blocked and she said it ran behind Tescos and they had had too much shoplifting! As it is a massive development one would have thought they could have put a fence on the plans. The towpath was there nearly 200 years before they were.
We did pick up the towpath again and found ourselves at a canal T junction, Portland Basin. The first two show how we entered the basin, and the third shows the view looking back towards Tescos. The Peak Forest Canal branches down to the right (south), and that is our route, the way Shiel is facing.
We came over the bridge Shiel is standing below. We took two photos from the bridge. The first looking north, into Portland Basin and the museum. The second looking south along the start of The Peak Forest Canal. The reason it is very narrow to start with is that it is flowing in an aquaduct over the Goyt river.
Below is the view from the towpath looking down at the river. The Victorians really knew what they were doing with viaducts, bridges and aquaducts.
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