Re-visiting the Peak Forest Canal, Marple, England/Carlos
Pueblo
On my last
day of stay in Manchester, I decided to re-visit the Peak Forest
Canal at
Marple. This time I got off at Marple Station and marched toward
16th
Lock with a help from a college student on her i-phone to be sure of
my direction.
Before the entrance of the Canal, there is a super market
center and a
war memorial park with a fountain and
nice garden on it.
I made a
detour to avoid a repair construction of the 12th Lock due to the
earth movement
of lock shrinkage. The size of the lock is standard, yet
the water
basin is quite a size for maneuver of the barge or canal boat.
I went to
visit a nice two story brick house by the bank, an active art
craft store
and museum. It was closed yet I could see through the windows
of what was
inside. There is a residential houses next to it, very quiet and
lovely. It
is what makes me to write this report after the first one. I found
four peony
plants fully blooming on a front yard of a senior living house.
I always
love to see pretty flowers in my life and I adore the peony. In
classical
Chinese literature, the peony represents noble and elegant. I still
remember
where and when I run into the peony blooming during my
traveling
worldwide, i.e. the flood control zone of River Main in Frankfurt,
Germany and
the subdivision of the old East Berlin under a ruined wall
between
French and Soviet concession. I read very much about the flower
in
Manchuria, NE of China and a special mention on a famous samurai
novel and
movie, Miamoto Musashi. Dahlia flower is identical to the peony
in
appearance of the flower and the plant overall. I regret very much that
I miss a peony
blossom at a cruise stop at Cannes, France where I turn around
before reaching
a Cathedral garden.
I passed by
the Aqueduct House again and went down to the River Goyt to
see the huge
Marple Aqueduct Arch. My neighbor told me that during the
Roman Era,
engineers had already made construction to transfer water for
multi purposes.
Aqueduct is sounded as water pass way to me in Spanish.
I marched
pass Romiley where I exit on my first visit to Woodley Station. These
are all
called civilization area for coffee after the canal. I went to thank the lady
at
Manchester Information Center for her recommendation of Marple Canal and
she
recommended me visit the canal in Manchester. It is right in the downtown
area where
the great industrial revolution started. There is also a canal street
yet the
canal is very old and need to be innovated.
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