That Sinking Feeling

As Eddie said the other day, the lock gates are a little too big for some of us smaller bears to manage. Sometimes we add our paws worth of help to the other bears' efforts, but often we stay on board to make cups of tea for the locking crew and to perform some vital boat in the lock checks. For instance we check that the front of the boat doesn't get flooded when the gate paddles are opened and, at the back, we check that the stern doesn't get caught on the rear cill as the lock empties causing it to go into a nose dive.


There were two lock flights on our trip that we particularly enjoyed: the famous Foxton locks with their double staircase and the Watford flight, also a staircase. The Watford locks were particularly deep ones. We sat at the back of the boat to give an idea of scale and you have to agree it was a very deep lock. It felt like we were descending into Hades and even though it was a hot day it got very cold.


The other advantage of having some paws free as we go through the locks, is that we can fulfil the role of crew photographers. We hope you like this photo we took of Eddie and Erik at one of the Watford locks and also the one below of Erik emerging from one of the Foxton staircases.


Lots of love George, Yorkie & all the crew xxx