{"id":989,"date":"2014-08-22T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=989"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:52:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T11:52:46","slug":"a-walk-along-the-regents-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/22\/a-walk-along-the-regents-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk Along the Regent&#8217;s Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went for a walk with a friend along the towpath of the Regent&#8217;s Canal from Paddington Basin to the start of the Islington tunnel. Here&#8217;s a few of the photos I took on the way.<!--more--><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery floatbox galleryid-989 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail' data-fb-options='group:galleryid-989'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6188.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6188-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Little Venice\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6192.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6192-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Little Venice from under the Warwick Avenue bridge\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6194.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6194-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The tunnel under Lisson Grove\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6201.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6201-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The boats moored along Lisson Wide have some beautiful plants...\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6203.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6203-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"...and even pink flamingos\" 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Nash&#039;s original designs\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6219.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6219-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"These Georgian mansions in Regent&#039;s Park are recent additions built to Nash&#039;s original designs\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6218.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6218-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6229-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Under Regent&#039;s Park Road\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6230.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6230-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Every home should have a cow on its balcony\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6233.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6233-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A political artwork by street artist Icarus\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6236.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6236-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"RIP Robbo\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6237.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6237-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"More graffiti\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6239.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6239-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"One of the King&#039;s Cross gasometers\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6241.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6241-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"This boat looked nearly derelict, but I&#039;m sure it&#039;s someone&#039;s home\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6245.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6245-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The start of the Islington tunnel\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6246.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6246-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Just after we&#039;d passed, a boat had slipped its mooring and was blocking the canal\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<div style='clear: both; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; height: 0;'><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s a few more photos from our walk from the canal back to King&#8217;s Cross.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery floatbox galleryid-989 gallery-columns-3 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\/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6250.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6250-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A pointillist mural by JimmyC on a hoarding on the Caledonian Road\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6254.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_6254-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Keystone Crescent - a handsome terrace built in 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Station\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<div style='clear: both; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; height: 0;'><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/23\/a-walk-along-the-regents-canal-part-2\/\">Part two of the walk&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went for a walk with a friend along the towpath of the Regent&#8217;s Canal from Paddington Basin to the start of the Islington tunnel. 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