Taken on a lockdown walk on Wednesday

[Paul]

Phone camera, S20+

 

[Paul]

[Ryewolf]

That looks a nice stretch of canal for a walk.

[Paul]

Nice stretch Geoff, but a few more people about than last week...

[vanguard]

That’s a odd looking sculpture.

[Denis]

Perfect walking environment for me in better times as I really like Canals and rivers. Not been to my usual stretch of the river for weeks as the towpath is really narrow. But thanks for posting these Paul, makes me long for this to be over...love the narrowboat monument

[CMunzel]

Looks like a lovely spot to wander about with a camera. Amazing the quality of photos you achieve with a phone camera. 

[Paul]

Cheers gents.

The sculpture at the side of the lock was unveiled 5 years ago on the May 9th 2014 (our walk was on May 7th) so the timing of the visit was almost spot on. Having said that, it's 5 minutes away down the path so we've been there loads of times before. The statue replaced the Ribble Piddler (called "Gauging the Ripple" which once looked forlornly down at a lock by Lancaster Canal. Carved in oak by Thompson Dagnall, the £21,000 sculpture was commissioned by The Ribble Link Trust with British Waterways at the Millennium Ribble Link) which stood there for years before it had to be removed.

Paul.

[colinb]

A nice sunny set but I'm sorry that sculpture looks awful. What were they thinking? It looks like something rehashed from a 1960's outdoor swimming pool