Well we didn’t get the forecasted thunderstorms during the night thank
goodness. We had some rain during the
evening but not much.
I took this photo at Hawkesbury Junction. I’m not sure why Muffin is up on the bridge
and I don’t think he knows either!
We were staying put today so had a lazy morning followed by a lazy
afternoon – well for me anyway. Richard
was crossing things off his list with gusto!
I’m so glad I haven’t got a list for the boat though my list for home is
getting longer ☹
We found this bat box attached to Bridge 34. We weren’t too sure what it was to start with
but then noticed that it has a bat on the front!
Richard installed a water gauge during the winter of 2016/17. It has made life a little easier as we always
used to fill up with water every couple of days whereas now we can see how much
is in there. It means we are only
filling up about every four or five days (we are hungry water users!). In the shower this morning I was wondering
how much time it has saved us, but we are on canal time and does it matter
anyway?!
This blackboard was outside the Greyhound at Hawkesbury and amused me!
When the North Oxford Canal was straightened it challenged the capacity
of the three locks at Hillmorton, the first on the canal after the stop lock at
Hawkesbury Junction. The solution to the congestion was to duplicate or twin
the existing locks at Hillmorton, creating three pairs of two parallel narrow
locks, which allowed for twice the traffic to pass the lock at any time. The
work to double the locks was completed in August 1840. Not only was the
capacity to pass the lock doubled, but the time taken was decreased as the
locks were narrower. Tests showed that the locks could be operated in as little
as one minute and 20 seconds – I assume that is just one lock. We are going up the locks tomorrow so I will
have my stopwatch with me but I don’t hold out much hope!
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