Canal heritage extends far beyond bricks, locks, and engineering feats. It is a living culture defined by traditions, craft, landscape, boats, and the working communities who built and operated the network.

Diesel & Dust explores the allure and significance of the canal network, and the lives shaped by it. The canals embody a history rooted in labour, mobility, and collective endeavour. Like lines of a poem written across the country, they form a linear sanctuary, connecting people to both nature and the past.