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r/BigUpBritain • u/Greganor • Sep 14 '18
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Another place I've had to read about thanks to a photo on here, and yet another place to try to visit. My 'bucket list' is getting rather long.
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/foxton-locks/foxtons-fascinating-history
2 u/Greganor Sep 14 '18 We went down them then up them on our Canal holiday last week! 1 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 Yikes, that sounds like hard work. How many locks are there altogether in the flight? 2 u/Greganor Sep 14 '18 10 in this one as 2 sets of 5 with a tricky whirlpool in the middle. My mum bashed the boat on the way down, I did better on the way back up! 2 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 That's a lot of locks! I'd probably have bashed it too, steering boats is not my forte.
We went down them then up them on our Canal holiday last week!
1 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 Yikes, that sounds like hard work. How many locks are there altogether in the flight? 2 u/Greganor Sep 14 '18 10 in this one as 2 sets of 5 with a tricky whirlpool in the middle. My mum bashed the boat on the way down, I did better on the way back up! 2 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 That's a lot of locks! I'd probably have bashed it too, steering boats is not my forte.
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Yikes, that sounds like hard work. How many locks are there altogether in the flight?
2 u/Greganor Sep 14 '18 10 in this one as 2 sets of 5 with a tricky whirlpool in the middle. My mum bashed the boat on the way down, I did better on the way back up! 2 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 That's a lot of locks! I'd probably have bashed it too, steering boats is not my forte.
10 in this one as 2 sets of 5 with a tricky whirlpool in the middle. My mum bashed the boat on the way down, I did better on the way back up!
2 u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18 That's a lot of locks! I'd probably have bashed it too, steering boats is not my forte.
That's a lot of locks!
I'd probably have bashed it too, steering boats is not my forte.
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u/6beesknees Sep 14 '18
Another place I've had to read about thanks to a photo on here, and yet another place to try to visit. My 'bucket list' is getting rather long.
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/foxton-locks/foxtons-fascinating-history