Join me as I cycle alongside the Peak Forest Canal

Описание: Starting at Bugsworth basin and finishing at the magnificent Marple Aquaduct.
Bugsworth Basin is at the end of the canal, where it once connected with a horse-drawn tramway that carried gritstone, limestone and burnt lime to be loaded at Bugsworth for onward carriage to Manchester, the North West and Midlands.
We'll be following the upper section of the canal for the 7 mls to the Marple Locks, A series of 16 locks which drop the canal down 210 ft. or 64m. In the space of 1 ml. Making it one of the steepest flight of locks in the country..
The lower section of the canal then runs over the 100 foot high Marple Aquaduct, our destination, before continuing a further 8 mls to Duckenfield and Manchester.
For much of its length, the canal runs alongside the pretty River Goyt. 
The Peak Forest Canal was begun in 1794 and was designed to transport limestone from the quarries of Derbyshire. The canal opened in 1800, but it was not until 1804 that Marple locks were finally completed.
By the end of the 19th century the canal was handling over 600 tons of limestone per day. Other cargoes included coal, cotton, grain and manufactured goods, with commercial traffic continuing on the canal until 1959, although Bugsworth Basin had closed in 1926.

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