We had a long wait at the first lock due to a number of boats
being at the lock entrance for the 9 am opening time. We ended up locking through lock 20, then
the Peterborough Lift lock with a local excursion boat. The plus was we heard about all the history
and operation of the lock. We are not
engineers, but essentially there are two lock chambers and the lockmasters add
or remove water from the chambers to change weight and shift one up and one
down. Each side can hold four 45 foot boats (two side by side).
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Four boats going up in front of us
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| Looking up at the top of the lock |
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| On our way up |
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| Looking back (notice the Trent Severn Waterway way down below in the background) |
Rumor is they serve dinner under the lock after
closing time some evenings.
We traversed a total of eight locks today ending the day at
the Youngs Point lock wall. Great little
spot. Nearby was a very nice Lockside
Trading Co. offering all kinds of items, from clothes to home furnishings.
Phil from Fins had suggested having dinner at
the Old Bridge Inn.
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| Old Bridge Inn named after this bridge we needed to cross to get to it. |
They had turned down
our call for a reservation for six saying they were quite busy. We sent Alice in to 'beg and schmooze' and
the next thing you know we were having the best meal so far of this trip. Many of us had pickerel with steamed veggies
- so fresh. Yum!
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| Youngs Point Memorial |
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| Observer on the wall at Lock 27 at sunset |
Alice and Tim and Millie,
ReplyDeleteWe continue to enjoy your creatively descriptive blog posts and the wonderful accompanying photos. Mom has a project going on of plotting your progress on the map. Thanks for taking us along vicariously! Glad to see you have been having some sunny days!! 🌝
Love from Salem,
Rossie and Jean