Passing the “Crown and Treaty” where way back in 1645 the commissioners of Charles I and Parliament met to try to negotiate a treaty the Grand Union Canal is reached which the path is going to follow for a few miles.




Leaving the Uxbridge Lock behind us the walk is, as mentioned, following the canal.
Green on both sides, occasionally some lovely houses.

Pure peace and tranquility.





Quickly Denham Lock ( the deepest lock on the canal ) is reached quickly and now one leaves
any traffic behind and can enjoy the canal in its rural peace to the fullest.
Crossing over the the other side of the canal the Frays Valley Nature Reserve is reached.
Gravel was once quarried here and the remains can still be seen: lakes.



Passing a marina with rows of colorful narrow boats the path enters dense woodland where
the remains of an old barge lying high and dry on the bank can be seen.




Another lock, the Wide Water one, is passed and heading on the next look follows quickly,
the Black Jack’s lock. Here on old Victorian mill stands on an island between the canal
and the river Colne.

After some bends, the canal to what was once the Fisheries Inn, now named Coy Carp
and the whole spot long knows as Copper Mill. The mills have been converted in the
early 19th century from paper to making copper sheeting. The mills are now all gone
but the inn invited me to a nice lunch.

Refreshed I went on, leaving the canal and making my way uphill towards Hill End ( how appropriate )
where open spaces and rural landscape welcomes the walker before the path meanders through farmland





to then disappear into the Bishops Wood Country Park.

Following a winding route through the at times very thick woodland when finally arrives at the busy
A404 which needs to be crossed before disappearing again into the woods.

Before doing this one can spot one of the old London boundary markers at the roadside.



Heading one the path goes alongside the tube tracks on one side and a golf course on the other


straight to Moor Park Station the end point of todays walk.

From here the Metropolitan line gets you back into London i.e. home.

Some more pictures of this section can be found here and a map with todays waypoints can be found here

This concludes the 9.section: 9 1/4 miles, 78 miles still to go.