Telfording
If brindling is the word for wandering along a contour line with no concern for how soon you get to a destination, then there should be another word, Telfording, meaning to head straight for your objective regardless of the engineering costs. Thomas Telford designed this stretch of the canal, and it shows. Long dead straight sections, with cuttings or embankments to make the canal level. Sometimes the trees come together over your head in the cuttings, so you are cruising…