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Descending the Caen Hill Flight
We had a great day out yesterday, helping work Balmaha and Sarah-Kate down the Caen Hill Flight of Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Devizes. We’d followed the blog of Balmaha for some time, and exchanged occasional emails and comments with Mo and Vanessa. We’d been watching them approaching Caen Hill, working along the Kennet & Avon with Mike & Jo aboard Sarah-Kate. With Mo recovering from a broken rib and Jo’s broken arm we thought they might like some help. 
We joined them at Devizes Wharf after a picnic lunch and off we went. Vanessa, Christine and I wound the paddles and worked the locks. Jo assisted, doing her best with her broken arm, which didn’t stop her opening and closing gates through the flight. Mo and Mike steered the boats while trying to behave, unsuccessfully at one moment when Mike seemed to be having trouble with his hair style, bringing the cameras out quickly. 
The weather was sensible, light sunshine but not too hot for this work. We moored up at the bottom and chatted about all sorts of canal stuff into the evening, being well fed by Vanessa’s cooking, and a syrup tart from Jo. We just sat back and were plied with food and drink – thank you. It was great to meet them for real after reading so much about them. Posted on Friday, 24 April 2009 at 11:01 Comments (0) |
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