{"id":2249,"date":"2009-12-16T23:06:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T13:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2009-12-16T23:06:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T13:06:59","slug":"regents-canal-islington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/england\/london\/regents-canal-islington","title":{"rendered":"Robbers Strike at Regent&#039;s Canal in Islington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On our recent <strong>London visit<\/strong>, we went to <strong>Regent&#8217;s Canal<\/strong> and were so charmed by its beauty that we wrote two posts on this visit. As our friends Linda and Neil had moved into the Regent&#8217;s Canal area in Islington just before our visit, we were fortunate to have them to show us around their new patch.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed walking along the <strong>canal towpath<\/strong>, seeing the decorative <strong>canal boats<\/strong>, admiring the <strong>scenic waterways <\/strong>and learning about this beautiful part of <strong>London<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2256\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ajp_2485.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2256\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2256\" title=\"Regent's Canal, London\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ajp_2485.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Regent's Canal, London..\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ajp_2485.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ajp_2485.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ajp_2485.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regent&#39;s Canal, London..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, <strong>robbers <\/strong>have found their way to this part of London. \u00a0 According to a newspaper report, thugs have held up people at knife-point and robbed them of thousands of pounds in cash and goods such as bikes, iPods, mobile phones, watches, laptops and jewellery. The robberies have occurred <strong>at night<\/strong>, along a secluded stretch of the canal where there is no lighting as it&#8217;s a bat preservation area.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Islington <\/strong>district has become very trendy with many new pubs in the area. Although police have increased patrols in the area, it&#8217;s wise to avoid taking short cuts through any dark or secluded parts of the Canal towpath <strong>at night<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/London\/destinations\/regents-canal-waterways\" target=\"_self\">About Regent&#8217;s Canal Waterways<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/London\/sightseeing\/canal-cruises-regents-canal\" target=\"_self\">Canal Cruises on Regent&#8217;s Canal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our recent London visit, we went to Regent&#8217;s Canal and were so charmed by its beauty that we wrote two posts on this visit. 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