Wigtwizzle - Norman Smith's Travel Blog.: Leeds liverpool Canal

Here are some photos taken on a trip to Ilkley at the end of last year. I stopped off on the way at Dowley Gap in Bingley, hoping to get some misty shots of the canal but, as sod's law would have it, the mist was just starting to lift. I did manage to get a few shots before having to admit defeat.

It was then on to Ilkley to do a bit of shopping, The mist was still lingering in the higher reaches of Middleton Woods, so I parked up and had a walk in the top section. The weather must have put people off as I only saw a couple of dog walkers the whole time I was in there. One of them stopped to grumble about the weather and was a bit put back when I said I loved walking through the woods when it was misty and wet.

Maybe it is a photography thing!

Leeds-Liverpool Canal

Middleton Woods

It had seemed like an eternity since I had last been out with Sal. Our circumstances dictated that we had to stay apart and our only contact had been through the internet and the odd phone call. As some of the lockdown restrictions had eased, we decided to bite the bullit and see each other whilst still abiding by the social distancing guide line.

Sal rode her bike along The Leeds-Liverpool Canal towpath and we met in Saltaire. I bought us a couple of takeaway coffees and a pasty each and we went in to Roberts park to scoff them and have a natter. It was fabulous to see her again but felt so strange to be having to keep 2 metres apart. We caught up with all our news and gossip and then had a short walk through the park and on as far as the weir on the River Aire.

By then it was rather miserable and raining quite heavily so we reluctantly agreed to go our seperate ways and also agreed to meet up again and maybe have a walk in either Myrtle Park or even go up to St Ives which we both had missed.

A morning of mixed emotions with both happiness and sadness. One thing is for sure though, it was ace to see her again.