Today I went for a ride to Ashton Canal Park between the canal of the same name and the River Medlock after it emerges from under the City Stadium on the former site of Bradford Colliery in East Manchester to see if the wild fritillaries there were flowering yet. They were, and I got the bonus of an orange fungus and harvesting wild garlic. Unfortunately, the park is marred by fly-tipping. It would be good if the council put as much effort into litter picking as they put into completely unnecessary grass mowing!

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A line of light on the floor illuminates the towpath by the Ashton Canal at twilight on the 25th of December 2025.

#FootpathFriday #canal #towpath #twilight #AshtonCanal

The drooping branches of a birch tree by the Ashton Canal at twilight

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