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Photo-a-Day Archive
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Photo-a-Day (Thursday, 10th July, 2025)
My Idea Of Heaven
Walking along the tow path from the iron road bridge over the canal which takes you up to Haigh Hall, on the left you immediately encounter this old stone bridge, a portal to a different world.
Once a canal basin for barges, narrow boats and lastly Wigan Rowing Club, it is now a sleepy backwater lagoon teaming with wildlife.
Photo: Colin Traynor (iPhone)
Once a canal basin for barges, narrow boats and lastly Wigan Rowing Club, it is now a sleepy backwater lagoon teaming with wildlife.
Photo: Colin Traynor (iPhone)
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Comment by: Mick on 10th July 2025 at 07:01
Your easily pleased Colin. WWers use to say this was the most photographed bridge in all of Wigan and make comments like isn't it lovely.but for me it was spoiled the old look when they did the path over it by just chucking concrete down.
Now they have done the towpath on the New Springs side of the Iron bridge but the have used large rocks the were to big for the job and not even bothered to roll them in .
If one walks around the canal basin you will find yourself trying to walk on the most uneven path in Wigan.
But I don't like to be negative so I won't say any more except for good photo.
Comment by: WN6 on 10th July 2025 at 07:03
Surely a picture no one can find fault with. As you say Heavenly.
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