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Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.268] ’Grand Union Canal at Braunston.’	 The Grand Union Canal runs from London to Birmingham and has been the central highway of Englands inland water transport system for 200 years. Now it is mainly used for recreational boating. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.261] ’Braunston Marina.’	 Colourful display of traditional narrow boats at Braunston Marina. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.034] ’At the tiller.’	 The proud owner of an old narrow boat on the Caldon Canal, at Cheddleton. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.053] ’Froghall Wharf.’	 Froghall Wharf is the base for narrow boats which navigate the Caldon Canal with a staff dressed in typical 19th century boatwomen’s clothes. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.055] ’Boatwomen.’	 Girls at Froghall Wharf, wearing the traditional clothes of the canals. They are very similar to the basic clothes of 19th cent. working people, but the boatpeople continued to wear them into the 20th century. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.063] ’Entering a lock.’	 A son is holding open the lock gate while his father is entering the lock chamber at Hazlehurst Junction on the Caldon Canal. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.149] ’Flowery banks.’	 Cruising between the flowery banks of the Peak Forest Canal at Disley. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [POLAND.POMERANIA 4707] 'Fortress of Malbork.' Between Gdansk and Mazuria you pass the fortress of the Teutonic Knights in Malbork. The worlds largest medieval stronghold is wonderfully restored by the Poles, allthough it was THE symbol of their oppressors, the Germans. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [POLAND.MAZURIA 4853] 'Krutyn landing stage.' Kruytyn, at the end of a gorgeous nature reserve, is a touristic village, not yet busy in May. Picturesque landing stages appear in the landscape, little bridges soar over our heads. Photo Paul Smit.

[BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.268]
’Grand Union Canal at Braunston.’

The Grand Union Canal runs from London to Birmingham and has been the central highway of Englands inland water transport system for 200 years. Now it is mainly used for recreational boating. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.268] ’Grand Union Canal at Braunston.’	 The Grand Union Canal runs from London to Birmingham and has been the central highway of Englands inland water transport system for 200 years. Now it is mainly used for recreational boating. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[BRITAIN.ENGMIDDLE 22.268]
’Grand Union Canal at Braunston.’

The Grand Union Canal runs from London to Birmingham and has been the central highway of Englands inland water transport system for 200 years. Now it is mainly used for recreational boating. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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