Wordless Wednesday - Tiverton Canal, Devon.

 

Why get your ducks in a row when you can get swans in a row instead!

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 Seen on the road into Tintagel, Cornwall. That should catch the speeders attention!

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Wordless Wednesday - At last!

Leaving Southampton

 

Somewhere in the English Channel

Last week we were able to go to sea again at last after four cancelled cruises. All passengers had to have had their second vaccination at least two weeks before sail date, and also to have a drive through Covid test at the port. No-one was allowed to embark until they had a negative result sent to their phone. It was only a four day cruise with no port calls. Basically we sailed around in circles from Southampton to the tip of Brittany, halfway back to Southampton, turn around again and down to the Lizard (Cornwall) then back to Southampton. Nobody cared that it was a cruise to nowhere, it was good to get to sea again and relax.

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Wordless Wednesday - Zion National Park, Utah.

 

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Wordless Wednesday - Caen Locks.

 

Information from the internet.

THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL in an amazing example of engineering. The 16 of 29 in total locks that form the steepest part of the flight at Caen Hill (pronounced like “cane”).

The locks were the final link to connect London and Bristol near Wiltshire, England, finishing the 87-mile canal. Originally constructed in the early 1800s, the locks were closed down in 1948. But by the late 1980s refurbished locks were back in operation. A modern pump allows for the movement of seven million gallons of water per day to help keep the locks flooded.

Not only are these locks an ancient monument, they are a challenge every serious canal boater must do. The Caen Hill Locks are iconic for many reasons. They are a massive feat of engineering from the heyday of the canals and one of the country’s longest continuous runs of lock flights. It takes a little over five hours to traverse the locks by boat—many canal boaters consider it the ultimate challenge.

Just out of view on the right of the second photo was a very nice pub. We spent a hour with a gin and tonic.... or two or three sitting by the edge of the canal watching the boats go through the locks.

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Wordless Wednesday - Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Salisbury with Cathedral in background.

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