5 Lock Rise At Bingley

[nursejudy]

Lucky enough to see a canal boat progress through these locks

 

View from the top

 

 

First Lock

 

 

Going Down

 

 

That sinking feeling

 

 

Filling the next lock

 

 

Looking Back UP

 

 

 

Filling Up

 

 

 

Just Emerging

 

 

 

Last One Coming Up

 

 

 

Nearly Done

 

 

 

Brute Force

 

 

Miller Time all Done

 

 

Looked very much like hard work to me!!!

[Cameraman]

Nice pitures there Judy, I always enjoy sitting watching locks working. My wife had to drag me away from the one at the end of Loch Ness or I'd have watched it all day.

[nursejudy]

I had never seen one before,apologies for the mix of pictures ,could not quite make my mind up between colour and B/W

[MrWiggly]

Some very nice shots there Petal ...

 

Been to Bingley a few times myself. Always a fascinating place !!

[ayjay]

Only five? There's sixteen here at Caen Hill, , I've not been through them but I imagine it's pretty knackering; and there's some fishy ponds on the right hand side on the terraces down the hill.

 

Nice pics as usual Judy.

 

[Janet]

Lovely pics Judy. I particularly liked the black and white shots. I love these locks, having been through them several times on our narrowboat trips, and having walked them many, many other times. Hope you treated yourself to either an ice cream or bacon butty from the shop at the top. Last time we were there, the bacon butties were sublime! Did you get to meet Barry, the resident lock-keeper? He's a legend in these parts! I think he has a bit of a love/hate relationship with many of the boaters!

 

Pah! 16 at Caen Hill? A mere trifle! We did Tardebigge recently - Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK - 30 narrow locks on a two mile stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. Absolutely knackering, but great fun! We also did the Wolverhampton flight of 21 locks twice in a week. Why? Well, just because it was there, of course! Caen Hill is still on our to-do list for the future!

 

However, Bingley 5-rise is unique in England, being a staircase lock with a total fall of 60 feet. Opened in 1774, and still working just as well today as it did then. However, if you venture over the border into Scotland, Neptune's Staircase on the Caledonian Canal has eight locks, rising 64 feet, which makes it the longest staircase lock in the UK.

 

We're off next Saturday for a week long cruise on a narrowboat along the Rochdale Canal from Sowerby Bridge, taking a couple of soft Southern jessies over the Summit to Rochdale and back. Judy, if you'd like to join us for a day out we'd be delighted to meet you. We can provide lunch, entertainment and maybe even a spot of fishing....I'll send you a PM with the details.

 

Janet

 

 

 

Janet