The 23 mile long (37km) waterway, most of the time referred to as London's Lost Route to the Sea. Well known as the Way & Arun Canal was originally two distinct waterways running through Surrey and West Sussex;
1. The Way and the River Junction Canal
2. The Arun Navigation
So both distinct waterways connected together and they formed the waterway link between the River Thames and the South Coast English Channel.
In 1653, The River Wey was made navigable from the River Thames at Weybridge to Guilford and later on it made navigable to Godalming. The Way & Arun Junction Canal opened in 1813 and extended the navigation from Billingshurst to just to the south of Guilford on to the Godalming section of the River Wey.
The Wey & Arun Junction Canal and Dunsfold
History of the Wey & Arun Canal
All Landscape students in all the years was out on the Way & Aryn trip, we (level 4) landscape students spent 3 nights in the barges on the older landscape student spent 4 nights in the barge. We needed to have a early head back due to lectures we had. Every barge was mixed with all different year groups of landscape students. It was a good experience, getting to know the older landscape students and their experiences on their studies and how they saw and approached landscape designs.
We had a long 1-2 hour walk to Godalming, within our walk we had tasks set to complete. We had to sketch sections of our journey to Godalming, and sketch what we found interesting on our path, from and back from our journey.
Then we had to do the same task in Godalming town. To 8 small boxe sketchs of different sections of the town within our path that you wouldn't see unless you took the same path. These were small tasks set by Ed to see how we analyse an area and what we find interesting within a journey we take.
1. The Way and the River Junction Canal
2. The Arun Navigation
So both distinct waterways connected together and they formed the waterway link between the River Thames and the South Coast English Channel.
In 1653, The River Wey was made navigable from the River Thames at Weybridge to Guilford and later on it made navigable to Godalming. The Way & Arun Junction Canal opened in 1813 and extended the navigation from Billingshurst to just to the south of Guilford on to the Godalming section of the River Wey.
The Wey & Arun Junction Canal and Dunsfold
History of the Wey & Arun Canal
All Landscape students in all the years was out on the Way & Aryn trip, we (level 4) landscape students spent 3 nights in the barges on the older landscape student spent 4 nights in the barge. We needed to have a early head back due to lectures we had. Every barge was mixed with all different year groups of landscape students. It was a good experience, getting to know the older landscape students and their experiences on their studies and how they saw and approached landscape designs.
Then we had to do the same task in Godalming town. To 8 small boxe sketchs of different sections of the town within our path that you wouldn't see unless you took the same path. These were small tasks set by Ed to see how we analyse an area and what we find interesting within a journey we take.
Above are few of the sections I drew within my path I took in Godalming. They are not too exciting and interesting sections, but these were the sections you wouldn't see unless you took the same path as I did. It was a small excise given to us by Ed, but I enjoyed it a lot, it showed me how I can explore an area I don't know in the simplest way by sketching small sections.
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