Or with young mothers pushing their babies or toddlers in buggies. As well as runners training, and trekking parties, occasionally.
Although Canal boats are moored at a few points along the different branches of the Canals, the number of Canal Boats moving along it are not many.
Less often, in fact, very rarely do I come across children or teenagers using the Canal, however sunny and beautiful the weather happens to be.
I am often reflecting on how under-appreciated and under-used is this beautiful, inspiring and historical resource.
Life so many hard-erned resources, the canals have fallen out of favour and are taken for granted, even by those who are aware of their existence.
People, including the younger generations, prefer to spend their time preoccupied with novelty and addictive pull of the virtual world.
Preoccupied with accessing the social media through their smart phones. Virtual reality, it seems, is, for some people at least, much more enticing than the real world.
To be continued!
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