#48 - We Survive the Lock from Hell
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- We travel to Woolhampton and face the dreaded Lock 94; a lock, a river, and an electric swing bridge at a dangerous angle.
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Wow that was so very smooth. If you hadn't explained all the problems we would have thought it was a walk in the park. Thank you for the beautiful pass through the locks and on down the river.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed this video. Not only the lock/river/bridge sequence... as you passed under that metal bridge...a ‘Lesser Whitethroat’ (a species of Warbler). A visitor to the UK, intending to breed, from NE Africa (trilling sound). Also a Greenfinch singing! (Rasping sound). Nature at it’s best.
Wow! You know your birds, Steve.
Expertly done, well done and thanks for sharing with us. Looking forward to part two. All the best Stevie.
Thanks Stevie. Part two is coming next week
Well done don't be modest,you did it like a pro. Great vlog as usual very informative. Phil and Lorraine
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Phil and Lorraine. Glad you enjoyed the vlog
Well, locks can be tricky - not only on UK canals. We encountered several locks on the river Havel (Germany, river ends in the Elbe) which are like bathtubs with curved walls. Due to the stabilizers we are just 1 m ( or about 3 ft. ) from the walls - not easy to connect the lines. These locks were built for commercial shipping and are huge. But it was just complicated, not dangerous and the locks have surveillance cameras and a central control.
We have some similar locks like that on the rivers, like the Thames. Some of those will take commercial shipping. They are manned and operated electrically. One was so big that it could fit over 20 boats!.
Love your snoring fur baby! Ah, well done for surviving the lock! ⛴☺️
Thanks, Dawny
An interesting setup at the Row Barge at Woolhampton.. Years ago I fished there many a time, and of course enjoyed a good pint or two from the pub. I have seen so many people hit everything, as you described at the begging a few times, Just that the narrowboat was not moored there back then, and it is or use to be very shallow there and many a boat ran aground.
The Row Barge is a great place to gongoozle, especially if you want to see some boating mishaps.
@@WeirontheMove How true
Brilliant vlog guys, thanks 😁👍👏👏👏
Thanks, David. Glad you liked it
I thought it might be a bit scary but no you did it well, good work guys. John in NZ
Thanks, John. The anticipation was scarier than the actual thing itself
We did it in a wet week when the river flow was very strong. Despite being ready for it, we still ended up right over on the left bank. Easy enough to recover after that,, though. Going up through the lock was much less of a problem.
Ham Lock was the one that really caught us out. A derelict boat was preventing access to the mooring area above the lock and we (well, I was on the bank) got caught in the weir flow. Took a while to get out of that one.
We were a bit lucky because the river had abated somewhat even though there was a lot of rainfall the previous few days. We managed to avoid any great disasters, although we did hit the soft barriers by the bridge
The bridge you went under is a Bailey Bridge, since you're in England, it was probably built by The Royal Engineers. It's completely safe, just a little noisy.
That's fascinating, Charles. There used to be a military base in Thatcham, that much I know, but it's a housing estate now
You made it look so easy! I did this stretch and back on a holiday last month. Was dreading this lock.
Hi Amanda, it helped that the river was not in flood, but the current was still hard to deal with.
There’s not a great deal of room to maneuver a wide beam on some parts of the water but you done a good job , both of you . I take it Eric was asleep in the Crows nest as usual . Many thanks take care .
Thanks, Jeff. It was quite tight, but we managed reasonably well. Eric always sleeps through these journeys
Luv the snoring dog nice one ✌️
Thanks, Lee
looks like it was a peace of cake for you capt.
Cool as a cucumber
Nicely done 😁
Thanks, David. Glad you enjoyed it
Looks fun
It was, Tony
Well done in Part 1
Thanks
Good work travailing through that chicane. ;-)
Your's a wide-beam boat so approximately what percentage of small locks and tunnels narrow-boats can squeeze through but you can't? ;-)
They can squeeze through 100% of the network depending on their length while we can only do about half of the network.
It's sad you're unable to travel so many canals. I was thinking (hoping) it was about 10% you couldn't travel.
Safe travels. ;-)
I've just looked on the map. Lechlade isn't too far from your position. Can widebeams go on that stretch of river? . Good luck on the Thames
I think they can. would need to consult with the canal guru, Julie
@@WeirontheMove it's supposed to be lovely. All the videos I've seen make it seem nice
You made it look easy!
Hi Justine, it was a lot tougher than it looked, and still quite scary
@@WeirontheMove Oh, I am sure! Well done!
Like that one 👍
Thanks, Robert. Glad you liked it
just a quick question..how difficult would it be for one of you to handle/move the boat if the other was ill or too injured to assist? thanks Martin
Hi Martin, it could be done but it wouldn't be easy. I know several single-handed boater women who operate wide beam boats, so I suppose it's possible.
Hi guys is it possible to contact you direct? could do with some advice please
Drawing of lock gates is wrong way round.
Thanks for that Brian. You have eagle eyes
@@WeirontheMove It also looked like there were tie-ups just before the swing bridge.
@@buggsy5 There were, but the flow of the water is so great that only a fool would attempt to stop there. Also, there is a sign at the lock and the swing bridge from the CRT that recommends opening the swing bridge once you are ready to exit the lock and powering on through without stopping.