The Walk - EP 158 - Canals, Railways & 12th Century Mills - Walking The Caldon Canal - Staffordshire

What a result this walk turned out to be! I am joined once again by Phil, Ande and Jake, and we're trekking the Caldon Canal in Staffordshire.
We start off in Leek, and follow the 1800 Leek arm of the canal down to the stunning Hazlehurst aqueduct, and Hazelhurst Junction. At that point we switch onto the main 1797 Caldon canal and stomp down towards Cheddleton.
En route we hop onto the abandoned North Staffordshire Railway that ran between Stoke and Leek. The rusted rails remain in place, as we take a look at the beautiful Wall Grange Station.
Beyond there we reach the 12th century Cheddleton Flint Mill, where we had an absolute result! We were filming the mill, that dates back to the 1100s, when a chap called Peter, who is part of the historical society that looks after the mill, arrived.
He allowed us in, and even fired up the mill wheel for us!
I hope you enjoy!
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[@marksmith3489]

Another excellent and informative video. Thanks, guys 👍

[@stevenberryhill9209]

While watching, was thinking: The journey or the walk toward our destination in life can have such beauty. Sure, the destination is the trophy, but the journey can be priceless. Thanks for the different angle on ‘legging it,’ which was probably not the angle you took when working on PT patients’ legs. To G, P, A & J, salute from TX. Also, thanks to the kindness of the man who showed you guys around the mill 🫡

[@tassie2348]

Brilliant!

[@LadySophieofHougunManor7325]

Awesome video hope you all had good Christmas happy new year to you all ❤❤❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

Another fascinating informative video 📹 😊😊😊thank u 4 sharing Gents 😊😊😊😊

[@IckeWalks]

@@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235 thanks! Was a fun walk.

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

@IckeWalks your passion shines through Gazza ..good to get ya pals involved too

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

Hey Gazza and Chaps 😅 ya can't beat a good old fashioned water mill 😊😊😊

[@IckeWalks]

@@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235 love em mate!

[@bwaynesilva]

That was great! Peter seemed to be happy to show of thier restoration work. Lucky day. But overall, from an outsider point of view, it does seem weird to have canals crossing each other.

[@IckeWalks]

@bwaynesilva yeah, it's definitely not the norm. I guess maybe the lay of the land, or land ownership disputes may have left them with no choice.

[@declanjoyce8640]

Fab Gareth...what a canal corker!

[@IckeWalks]

@@declanjoyce8640 cheers pal

[@dizzyden1]

PMSL! Awwwww Mate 😅 Absolutely loved the ending at the Mill and all it's history. Good ol' Pete, proper bloke👏🏼💦

[@alfaubrom]

Hayup Gareth there’s so much going on in this one how many layers of canals railways and rivers, brilliant that Peter let you look around it’s a response to your collective enthusiasm, the wheel circumference and how many revolutions per minute you may be able to work out the theoretical water flow speed, it varies wheel width and chute width depth, so it won’t relate to river speed. Taxes on bricks for number off then size perhaps that’s why the pyramids and balbeck are so big? They did the window tax of course and the lesser known door tax, there was even a concrete or lime mortar floor tax seen evidence of that in post 1930s wooden garages they buried the concrete floors as it reduced the rates or rateable value, may have been 1953 or thereabouts when business rates became overlayed on to house. either way if you complained to much or to vividly you where offered a stay at one of them hospitals for the alternative minded. fantastic episode, Cheers

[@IckeWalks]

@@alfaubrom peter coming along was such a bonus. We were about ready to wrap up. Love these little added touches

[@alfaubrom]

@@IckeWalks I liked that water wheel doorway lintel, that’s cool, our farm had ships timbers with Roman numerals elegantly carved in to the main beams all over forty feet with quite a girth to them, had many additional holes cut in to it not needed for the house. At Downton Hampshire there’s a house built with the timbers off sir Walter Raleigh ship that was sailed up the Avon for the purpose!. River must have been pretty wide back in the day, cool heh not just ghosts of the land but of the sea too! happy days.