Walking the Canals
This morning I walked through heritage of a different kind, the canal network here in the Black Country is much closer to home in both time and space than Belas Knap. The canals were once the industrial lifeblood of this country, carrying heavy goods along their lengths; drawn by horses or driven by motors, the boats carried heavy goods that would have damaged the roads. While Belas Knap was serene, seemingly (some might say literally) from another world; the canals…