Saturday, July 31, 2010

Narrowboat frenzy

The section of the Basingstoke canal near where I live was dried out for a while to allow the fitting of some new lockgates.

Here are the new gates just after they had been fitted
 


A few days later the canal was flooded again, so having lived here for two months and not having seen a single boat go by it was a pleasant surprise to see the first two of a fleet coming along.
Having got into the lock they had trouble trying to close the downstream gates due to the accumulation of debris in the canal
 

The new gates in use
 

They eventually got the gates closed
 

Time to flood the lock
 

Almost ready to open the new gates for the first time
 

Open at last
 

The first narrowboat makes its way onward
 

Travelling companion
 

Heading for the next lock that is close to my house
 

Through the lock and heading for the brick bridge
 

Narrowboat seen from my bedroom window
 


More boats came up afterwards. Hardly a frenzy but at least the canal was in use for once

Peewit

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