Another incredibly hot sunny day. Wheelhouse down and eight more St Quentin canal locks to tick off the list. The locks are all automated and sensors upstream of the lock activate it in time for our arrival. Once in the lock we can set it in motion by pushing up a green lever. The boys enjoyed taking on this job today.They are also getting quite good at limbo dancing under low bridges
and learning the ropes.
Moored up in a secluded spot after 22km, rebuilt the wheelhouse and collapsed with heat exhaustion. But then from nowhere a man from the canal authority (VNF) appeared, knocked on the door and asked us to move as we had chosen to moor too close to an overnight bridge demolition. This meant dismantling the wheelhouse again, moving a few hundred metres, locking through, mooring up and rebuilding the wheelhouse. Not something we really felt like doing!
Did it anyway – and in record time
Another incredibly hot sunny day. Wheelhouse down and eight more St Quentin canal locks to tick off the list. The locks are all automated and sensors upstream of the lock activate it in time for our arrival. Once in the lock we can set it in motion by pushing up a green lever. The boys enjoyed taking on this job today.
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