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The Stratford-on-Avon Canal
The Stra tford-On-Avon
Canal takes you through the Heart of England and into some of the most beautiful
countryside in Shakespeare's Warwickshire.
It is a canal that was almost lost to us in the 1950's. The story of its rescue
is pure romance. It's a story of a true David & Goliath struggle in which a
lonely canoeist's navigation ticket provided the vital evidence that the
waterway was still being used and thus prevented its Closure Bill becoming law.
It's a wonderful story of restoration and maintenance on a shoe string in which
the indefatigable David Hutchings MBE enlisted the help of prisoners from the
West Midlands to assist in canal clearance and lock building. |