Rude awakenings, Lock Dives and BW Keys

Pollington to Bramwith Lock, Aire & Calder Navigation, New Junction Canal and Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations, 8 miles 2 locks

A rude awakening this morning about 5.30am when a huge barge went past rather fast, I thought the boat was going to end up on the towpath, and no sooner had gone back to sleep than another one past. After a further pair, we decided to get up!!

Waited for the Tesco order, and went to collect post from the village Post Office before moving up to Pollington Lock where we had to wait for an hour or so while they were replacing a sluice arm.

It's surprising what comes up a ladder sometimes

The lock here was huge, with three chambers, on this occassion they used all three to lock us through because of the work that was going on there I presume. The lock has three chambers so the lock keeper can use just one chamber to lock small boats down a great saving in water.

Turned off the Aire & Calder on to the New Junction Canal, built in 1903, one of the last canals to be built, and it is dead straight for 5.5 miles. Vic is enjoying all the 'put the key in' jobs of lift, swivel bridges and the locks, I needed to remind him that when we get back down south its back to the ol' windlass again, to which he said something that I can't put in this blog!

We enjoyed the run through to here, the sun was warm and the going easy