Hail to the Hive!

Every now and then I will make the effort to bring the drone along with me on a day out and it just pays off. This was one of those days, I couldn’t have been happier with the results.

It also really helped that the UK sun decided to turn up for one of its very rare appearances. The UK sun is very shy and I think a likes to hide behind the clouds….alot ⛅️.

We counted 29 locks in close succession in the Caen Hill flight which is a monster amount of work and that doesn’t include the locks along the canal both ways after the 29. I mean you would spend probably most of the day doing these to travel a distance you could walk in less than an hour.

But as much work as it is there’s something cool about doing the big flights of locks. You are literally traveling in historical footprints as you ascend or descend them. Living history Incall it, a living working, breathing museum.

These locks are wide enough for two narrowboats to navigate side by side, which means more hands cranking thenpaddles and opening and closing the gates.

The onses coming down here will pass the one thats just come up. The one on the right will pull in and allow the two to pass and enter the lock it will have just exited. They can ascend as the two continue their descent.

I’m including this vlog we did to give you more of an idea as it contains drone video and footage of the boats leaving and entering locks, gates closing etc to give some perspective

Let me know what you all think 🤔

1. Huge Flight of Locks! Caen Hill, Looks like Hard Work to Me