Twins

Day two on the boat. Last day too, sadly. Tuttle Jnr and his mate A had another fun packed day. Took it easy today as we had time on our hands, which led me on a little walk with my camera, while the others played Uno & iPads. These lonely trees have somehow grown on me over the years on the canals and these two here are no exception. They almost look like they have been mirrored in PS. There are plenty of scenes like this along the Llangollen canal and today's fluffy clouds made it ideal for a bit of Infrared/Lensbaby treatment.

Anyhow, we set off again mid afternoon only to find ourselves stuck behind a boat which was, erm, stuck (like jammed) in the very last lock on our return to the boatyard, which was 20 minutes away after the lock! The boat let in water ealier on as the lock filled up and was stuck for two hours. After help from fellow boaters (ourselves included) a lock keeper was called out to give further assistance. He ended up having to chisel away at to walls of the lock as well as opening/shutting the gates abruptly to help force the boat out of the lock. The boat eventually got out and ended up avoiding the route "up" the Llangollen canal.
The lock in question is the bottom lock of the (four) Hurleston Locks, which is well known amongst local boaters of it's "narrowness". Single locks should be able to accommodate boats with widths of 7' or less. There are signs on the lock warning to lift fenders as they can wedge boats in (my dad & myself experienced this on separate occasions!).

We eventually got back to the boatyard had a late tea then A quoted at the end of his first boat trip on the canal: "I would REALY like to did that again".

Aces.

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