the 'offside' path

I really liked the light & shadows in this shot, as taken earlier this afternoon, from the 'offside' path; looking down the Union Canal towards the Ashley Terrace Boathouse ...

... "There are two sides to every canal – literally. The towpath side, where horses once plodded along pulling the boats at a very leisurely walking pace, is the more disturbed side and often banked with steel sheet piling for mooring up. The other side of every canal, known as the ‘offside’, is often inaccessible, frequently has more natural banks and may have tall emergent plants providing natural cover."