Canoe Days Out

Photo Album for Surrey - River Wey - Shalford to Godalming (& return) by Keith Day

Portage to the launch site



Portage to the launch site
Launching at Broadford Bridge
The launch site at Broadford Bridge
The entrance to the Wey & Arun Canal
The old railway bridge is now a footbridge
The old course of the river can be explored but may be overgrown
Footbridge over a side channel
Unstead Lock
We chose to go through the lock with the narrowboats
A narrowboat on the Godalming navigation
Trowers footbridge at Farncombe
The portage at Cattershall Lock
Godalming Wharf
Formal limit of navigation at Town Bridge
Cattershall Lock
Avoiding the portage down
Rowing boats at Farncombe
The Mannor Inn at Farncombe
A horse drawn narrowboat
Refreshments before heading back to the start
Highland Cattle at St Catherines Lock
The view from St Catherines Lock
The last trip loaded was Melbourne to Cottingwith Lock via the Pocklington Canal, by Alan Brannon on 2nd December 2007.