Proper Waterway...?

[Rob-M]

Is this one of those proper locks on a proper waterway...?

 

 

It has a nice cafe\bar next to it anyway.

[doratheexplorer]

Like the locally produced Yorkies.  "They're not for girls"

[max's son]

Is this Linton on Ouse next to the weir with a fish ladder

 

I had great fun stuck in a stopper half way down whilst competing in a canoe slalom

 

[pearley]

One of the guides describes that paddle gear as hydraulic, which they are not. Rather like Hatton.

[Rob-M]

It is although the weir seems to have a cover over it, I didn't take a picture of the weir.

[john6767]

The lock walls area bit rough though, and if the boat is anything like 57ft long be prepared to fill the engine bay with water when you come down, unless the have fixed the very leaky top gates since last year.

[Rob-M]

Just now, pearley said:

One of the guides describes that paddle gear as hydraulic, which they are not. Rather like Hatton.

We watched a boat come through as we had visited by car, one end was a wheel that would the gate paddle up, the other end was a drum.

1 minute ago, john6767 said:

The lock walls area bit rough though, and if the boat is anything like 57ft long be prepared to fill the engine bay with water when you come down, unless the have fixed the very leaky top gates since last year.

The gates weren't leaking today, they were getting a coat of paint.

[max's son]

Hi Rob

 

The cover is new a hydro power plant

bet that spoils canoeists fun

 

[magpie patrick]

I went through when it still belonged to the Linton Lock Commissioners - they took a tenner (I think) as you went through. - I thought this lock was heavy, then we got to Milby...

[pearley]

2 hours ago, magpie patrick said:

I went through when it still belonged to the Linton Lock Commissioners - they took a tenner (I think) as you went through. - I thought this lock was heavy, then we got to Milby...

Us too, in the early 90s when there was a huge crack in the downstream bullnose. 

 

And no fancy floating pontoons for access.

 

But did spend a boozy afternoon moored to a tree above the lock watching the planes from the local airfield.