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Refuerza la puerta con el cerrojo más fuerte, pero no olvides que de nada te servirá si la puerta es de papel.
The northern gateway to the Rideau Canal is a set of locks. The locks were built in 1826 and are still manually operated today. Boats are raised and lowered 115 feet between the canal and the Ottawa River.
Up and out with Bonny at 6:15 this morning for the usual walk round. Although it is bank holiday Monday I decided that I would still go the the locks at Diglis for my volunteering job.
I duly arrived expecting to be on my own. I had checked the volunteering rota and I was the only person showing. I was therefore surprised to see two other lock keepers there already. It was great to meet them and swap our experiences. They usually work on Sundays but decided to come today instead.
We knew it was going to be a quiet day because one of the major river Severn locks was closed a few days ago and needs a major repair. This is an important lock as it allows boaters to do the Droitwich 'ring' (a circular tour of the canals).
Sure enough it was quiet until a lone boat came through. As it turned out I knew the person as Mrs P and I follow him on YouTube as he is a well known boat vlogger. We had a pleasant chat as we locked him through onto the river. He did take some video of us and promised that we'd appear at some point on his vlog.
The next boat to come through was a family from Poland. They had hired a boat not far back up the canal. I asked them where they're going and they said up the river to do the Droitwich ring. They were a bit shocked when I told them that the river lock was closed. The hire company hadn't told them. They had a quick change of plan to go down the river and assess their next move. I did feel sorry for them but they were grateful for me letting them know and avoiding a wasted journey.
After this it became quiet and I enjoyed watching a heron catch a fish and then stay around to see if another came by!
A quick coffee in The Firs on the way home and I stopped to pick up the parish accounts as these had now been done. I'm pleased to say that no issues were raised. Phew!
Lock workers operate the large lock gates manually below ground to reopen the large lock for service Oct,.14 after a lightning strike cut power at the Chittenden Locks in Ballard
Taken on the grounds of the Vance Birthplace. I just liked the juxtaposition of the old and new locks on the old woodend door.
The story goes that the more locks you find to add yours to, the more love you and your partner will share. Our guide said that it was brought back from Venice, but the locks were everywhere on the bridges of Berlin.
These were in the middle of nowhere on a railing by the road over a bit of a waterfall. Lovers locked together forever apparently
Each one has two names written on - the idea is you and your lover write them then put the lock on the bridge as a symbol of your eternal bond. It's copying an idea from Paris where they had to close the bridge because of the weight of locks on it.
Lovers place locks on the bridge and toss the keys in the river. We hear tell that kids-these-days now use combination locks.
Part of the Potomac Locks on the C & O Canal near Potomac Maryland. Abandoned for many years as you can see