Oshannassy Race

ROBOT recently featured our visit to the Pont du Gard. Those Romans weren't the only ones to build aqueducts.  I went for a ride yesterday on the Oshannassy trail. The trail is actually the maintenance road that was used in construction of the aqueduct back in 1911.  When I started work at the Board of Works in 1977 the aqueduct was in full production and I can remember the water flowing on one of the rare occasions I got into the field.  Now that it is completely replaced by pipes the previously restricted road makes a good walking and bike track.  Mind you some of the access points are marked steep on the map and they aren't kidding.  We had to walk the bikes up the side of the hill before we got onto the nicer riding gradient.  The race was shut down in 1996. In 18 years the dilapidation has been fast. I don't think this one will be around in another 2000 yar.
We rode 12 kms along the trail then zipped down to Warburton to complete our circuit via the rail trail back to Launching Place. Couldn't resist stopping at the Home Hotel for some lunch and a brew.

Cog café

Sluice gate