{"id":642,"date":"2025-07-18T21:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nigelcreaser.com\/?p=642"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:42:41","slug":"distant-waterway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nigelcreaser.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/distant-waterway\/","title":{"rendered":"Distant Waterway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far Canal! Get it, tee hee? No? Say it fast. Got it now, no? Oh well. As my wife says I am so funny I should be a project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A less epic #microadventure this Friday, popped out along the canal on the mountain bike, took a little detour and saw a bit of road that I did not realise lead to another I knew. Spotted some damsel flies in a brook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chatted to a 73 year old fisherman about the kingfishers and where to find frogspawn and him turning off a road cyclist on his electric\u00a0bike.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proper pot of&nbsp; tea with a strainer and everything at the pit stop at Canal Central tearoom. 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