From the Dirty Duck (presently closed) Dave's 7.4 mile walk went along the Grantham Canal to Longmoor Bridge where it briefly joined the Viking Way as far as the disused ironstone railway. After following this as far as Belvoir Road, the route dropped down into Denton Village, circumnavigated Denton Reservoir and then went across fields to Harlaxton Wharf for lunch. A stroll took us back along the canal to the start.
Thanks John J for some of the photgraphs.
 |
| View of the Dirty Duck through Woolsthorpe Bridge |
 |
| One of several Sustrans signs on the canal |
 |
| Locks near the start |
 |
| Grantham Canal Society's cruise and maintenance boats |
 |
| Longmoor Bridge |
 |
| Approaching the ironstone railway along the Viking Way. The railway was used to transport ore away from the quarries around Harlaxton and Harston to the Nottingham-Grantham line at Muston |
 |
| Coffee stop where the disused railway passes below Denton Road |
 |
| Grade II listed almshouse cottages in Denton built in1869 by the Welby Estate |
 |
| Blue-green algae at Denton Reservoir |
 |
| The Denton Reservoir Loop |
 |
| Lunch at Harlaxton Wharf |
 |
| Back along the canal |
 |
| Bridle Bridge |
 |
| Twenty two members and guests on the walk on one of the hottest day of the year Distance 7.4 miles, total ascent 34m! |
