#31 - Two Canal Views

   Two classic Canal Views. The first one was created on 1 November, 2021. The second one was a speedsetting entry (1 hour limit) on 3 November, 2021, taking third place of 13 entries.

Difficulty: 3/5 (#1), 2.5/5 (#2)

(rules from GM Puzzles)
Shade some empty cells black to create a single connected group. Cells with numbers cannot be shaded, and the shaded cells cannot form a 2×2 square anywhere in the grid. Each numbered cell indicates the total count of shaded cells connected vertically and horizontally to that numbered cell.

Puzzle 1 - Solve on penpa
https://tinyurl.com/yrkkbkru

Puzzle 2 - Solve on penpa
https://tinyurl.com/yvmxcqr5