Great photograph and great photographs on your site too.
I bet is was nice to be able to cycle along a canal before those hordes of people start riding bicycles along there! I have only ever ridden Canalside twice when my daughter was a little girl. Complete shambles having to start and stop every few hundred metres/yards/feet because of people with other children wobbling along, dogs on long leads and people walking!
I have always and will always cycle roads. That is what roads were built for-bicycles and horses.
Again, love the photographs.