Halloween (well nearly) on the Montgomery Canal

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The Monty has everything  - a staircase at Frankton..

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....restored warehouses

....an aqueduct...

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...and even a water feature.

(apparently to keep the water aerated on the unnavigable section)

 Unfortunately, only the first 4 miles are navigable, despite massive restoration on the rest, due to SSSI interests and lack of European funding!!!

They'll have to do a bit of weed cutting here when the boats eventually arrive!!

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And then we were invited to join the Halloween party, complete with pumpkin face.

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 not to mention pumpkin soup and other goodies - thanks Jill!!

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Nick's face looked just as scary in daylight though,

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and the men had to work on lighting the candles in a VERY stiff breeze.
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