Cobbled canal towpath in Castlefield, Manchester, with a green narrowboat moored at the bank. A white pedestrian footbridge crosses in the foreground; a red Victorian iron railway viaduct spans behind it. A man sits alone on a bench beneath overhanging trees, autumn leaves scattered at his feet.

Castlefield Canal Towpath, Manchester — Autumn

1 October 2019 · Manchester

Two bridges share the frame above Castlefield Basin — a modern white footbridge in the foreground, a Victorian iron railway viaduct behind it, its latticed ironwork still carrying the weight of the industrial city that built it. A man sits on a bench along the cobbled towpath, a narrowboat moored at the bank beside him. The canal does the quiet work here: holding the reflection of the past in brownish water while the present goes about its afternoon.

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