Steve Pellatt
Don't rock the boat
Caen Hill Locks, Wiltshire
Situated on the Kennet & Avon Canal the 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument and are also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the pounds between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat
One I had not got around to posting. Back in September I went on a couple of days to see if I could get the sun rising over the locks between the trees. Alas I gather I was probably a day or 2 late but I did get one of those misty mornings where the mist hung over the canal and was gradually burnt off as the sun rose. Nice to get the narrowboats moored there and quite an atmospheric morning with just me and a couple of other Togs around.
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Don't rock the boat
Caen Hill Locks, Wiltshire
Situated on the Kennet & Avon Canal the 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument and are also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the pounds between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat
One I had not got around to posting. Back in September I went on a couple of days to see if I could get the sun rising over the locks between the trees. Alas I gather I was probably a day or 2 late but I did get one of those misty mornings where the mist hung over the canal and was gradually burnt off as the sun rose. Nice to get the narrowboats moored there and quite an atmospheric morning with just me and a couple of other Togs around.
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.