Routes / Canal Club notebook

The two-bank canal walk.

A flexible one-hour route with a different view on the way home.

Out along the quiet bank

Choose any canal with public paths on both sides. Start near a bridge, walk for twenty minutes and keep the water beside you. Stop where the street opens up rather than where a guide says the view is best.

Cross when you feel like it

Use the next public bridge to change banks. Look back at the route you just walked. Buildings that seemed ordinary from close up often become a rhythm of colours and rooflines across the water.

Return without rushing

Allow another twenty minutes for the return, plus time for a stop. This is a route format, not a fixed itinerary: adapt it to daylight, access and your own pace. If a path is closed, stay on public streets.