The bridge over the High Street in Newbury looked positively Venetian although there was a very fast downflow under the bridge before the lock since the river comes in from the left of the lock and tries to throw you off course ....... Full wellie on the engine
This sign caught our imagination .............. wonder if it was this fellow who we passed all done up and ready to pull a boat.
The countryside is great and the couple of people who said to us that "once you are beyond Newbury" have been proved correct. It is very quiet and peaceful.
Some of the locks are in the middle of nowhere but they are not so violent, although we, perhaps, are beginning to have a better understanding of the different types of paddles that exist here. The new ropes have worked well today. It has proved a great boon to have a longer middle rope to hold the boat into the side !!!
This is Copse Lock hidden in a wood with a weir for the river on the right hand side of the pic. where the river flows in to the canal.
Finally for today the bridge into Hungerford which again, like Newbury, has the High Street going over it.
Hi there .... have just caught up with you again after a five or six day absence in readig the blog.
ReplyDeleteI am really quite jealous .... love the pictures and the differing views of towns that we know but that you never see from the road. The blog is great.. you two.. keep it up !! word of advice about ropes .... have slightly oversized ones, they will stand you in good stead !! much love, D & C