Wind in the willows( minus the wind.)

We live about a mile's walk from the Thames and I view it every Monday as my Keep Fit class overlooks the park and river.

It's lovely to see the boats moored up and some evenings we take our supper and a glass of wine down to the Lock and watch the boats passing through. BLISS.

I live near a canal. Quite pretty considering where are in Birmingham. The canal is at directly the back of our house and when we are in the garden we can hear ducks and the occasional boat going by. Yesterday we walked to our local pub over the canal bridge which is also at the back of our house. There is always something interesting to see. Yesterday we saw a heron on the bank. We get fishermen sitting on the bank most days. We have seen canoeists and such like. The Rivers and Canal Trust (or whatever the correct name is) keep the place reasonably nice and tidy. I like it

Lived on a boat on the East coast for 20 years. Before and after that I have always been able to walk to the coast.
I hate being away from the water.

I live by the sea but it's also an estuary Firth, so I sort of live by a river as well. I don't think I could ever not live by water. Used to sail on it with late DH and will be crabbing in the rock pools with the dgcs when they arrive later this week

PS, there`s a photo in my profile album of the view from our front door, carefully taken not to show the parked cars.

We live on a river bank, but to be really correct, it`s not a river, but a canal, although they`re called drains around here. It`s correct name is the Maud Foster Drain, and it`s several miles long, we live at the end of it, just before it ends at the sluice, leading into the River Haven, which flows down to the sea, in The Wash. My husband used to fish down the bank opposite our front foor, but hasn`t done for a while now. It`s not as attractive as it was when we moved in 30 years ago, a lot more residents have cars now, and the bank has become a car park. Sad really.