Here we go, here we go, here we go.. tra-la

Devizes Marina to Prison Bridge, Devizes, K&A Canal, 1 mile 3 locks

WOW at last on the move.  It sure did feel good after being so long just trickling up and down between Devizes, the Marina and the turning point.

Couple of bits and bobs to pick up in Devizes as we passed through the main town including some wigglies to put on the end of my line for later.. I won’t forget that three years ago I caught a carp at Sells Green.. had no landing net then, and when Vic put a big black bucket in the water to catch it, the poor ‘ol fish took off in fright and nearly took me with it!  I know exactly where that carp lives though, and I am determined to pay him a visit with a bit of bread or something tastier again this year!

So here we all are tackling our first lock for over 3 months.  The top lock in Devizes…

It was a beautiful day today, the sun was warm as we dropped down just three locks to tie up opposite the Black Horse pub.. this is Prison Bridge.  There seems to be no prison here anywhere, but I suppose a look on google will tell me that there used to be!

Yes for sure, here we go, a rather interesting website about ghosts in Devizes mentions the prison..

Location: Devizes, Lower Wharf

Part of the old Devizes prison a man or evil energy still haunts a remaining cell; a crucifix is kept in the wall and should never be removed.

I won’t be too worried about that this evening though!

I had to pick up some post today from Seend, a village some 5 miles or so up the road from Devizes.. well Devizes Post Office had got a bit ‘jobsworth’ you see, “Ah sorry, but we can only keep your poste restante mail for 2 months in any one year, you will have to find another post office”.. darn it.. 

So I arranged to have it sent to Seend.  I knew I could catch the bus from Prison Bridge here that would take me to Seend.. but low and behold when I went to catch the bus just after lunch I had to hide my smiling face from those around me because just across the road from the bus stop was a bloomin’ Post Office!!

Well I never found that on the internet, and usually I am a good ferret for finding stuff that I need! Ah well, no worry, I got the post and sat on the wall for half hour waiting for the bus to return from Trowbridge to take me back… to the bus stop outside the Post Office!!

No mud, and lovely paths to walk on around here, so it wasn’t long till I took off down the towpath with Lucy.  All the way to the bottom of the Caen Hill flight.  I still find it an awesome place to be, and looking up from the bottom is one of the most wonderful canal sights you will ever see.  This is my favourite flight of locks, and I can’t wait to get stuck in tomorrow morning… and the weather is going to be great too!