Chaffey's Lock

Now that I have done my maudlin TG post, let us get back on track.

This post will be about our visit to Chaffey's Lock after the stopover at Lock 31, back on Friday, before the long weekend.

Chaffey's is Lock 37, a little more than a half hour from Lock 31 and about 80km or an hour from home. We have driven there a few times in the past, but it has been a few years since our last excursion.

This was the last weekend for the canal to be open, but small craft were still going through the lock. Sue waved; they waved back, and I took a picture. You can see the two gals waving as they hold onto the rope at the side of the lock to keep the boat steady while the lock begins to fill up with water and lift the craft.

We hadn't gone on this part of the lock on previous visits, staying on the other side of the lock (off to the right), but this photo shows some of the setting. The lock is on the right and a channel for extra spillage on the left. I don't know the history of the building, but the water flows under a portion, so I assume that there is or once was a waterwheel in there.

Possibly, you can see the setup -- the space under the building -- better in this next photo.

In both of the above photos, if you strain your eyes, you can spot a heron. It remained in place for a long time.

This cottage was near the lock. I took 5 photos from bottom to top to get all of the canopy in the frame. I used Lightroom to blend them into one photo -- a vertorama (or vertical panorama).

Opinicon road continues past the lock.

We drove along for about 5 minutes or so. I stopped to take a photo before turning around and heading back towards home.

All in all, it was a very pleasant pre-Thanksgiving drive.