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8 hours ago, Athy said:

[Napton S Oxford] My favourite lock flight. I love the way it slices through proper middle England. The fact that there's a decent pub at the bottom of it helps too. ...

On this day in 2008

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Folly.jpg.b662ef00a5b3e971eb6557af9f17406f.jpgNapton Bottom Lock

 

Pub sign is visible below the lock on the left. The nice Mr Google looks along the drive.

 

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spacer.pngAnd tied up on Southern Oxford below Napton locks

 

More twentyeighths of January

 

And So To Bed

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Yesterday 2021

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P2296884s.jpg.2da5b196f71c6ed26ad94a52ff7f8801.jpgLeeds - Office Lock L&L

Thanks JeffColbert for the picture

Compare 2July2013 .

 

A year ago (29Feb2020) the new building was mostly complete

And (4May2016) as a car park.

And another view by Jeff from yesterday

 

 

A new office by Office Lock. Hmmm.

I wonder if this is a good time to be investing in new offices ....

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Yesterday 2021

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Downriver to Asda Wharf from Victoria Bridge Leeds A+C (Photo by JeffColbert)

 

And from almost the same point in November 2015 and buliding the flood defences for the Leeds Flod Alleviation Scheme

 

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On this day in 2006

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Stockton Locks GU

 

spacer.pngspacer.pngEarlier at Calcutt a boater ahead had thrown a handle into t'cut, and was retrieved with our seasearcher on about the second cast. Andrew Denny on Grannybuttons was waiting with camera to record the achievement

 

More twentyninths of January

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4 hours ago, PeterScott said:

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Yesterday afternoon 2021

River Lock Leeds L+L ...

River Aire in sprightly mood. Photos by Jeff Colbert

 

 

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From a similar point in 2015 while building the defences for the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme

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On this day in 2006

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spacer.pngBascote GU Lock16

 

Beams overhanging big drops

 

Earlier at Bascote on 6Nov1995 this day2006  3Apr2018

 

 

 

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spacer.pngLadder at Lock17

 

The next two bridges Welsh Road Bridge Bridge30, Longhole Bridge Bridge31

 

contrast the original bridges and those as part of GU1930s widening

 

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On this day in 2014

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Knight's Way Bridge A&C Leeds

 

Compare 23Jan2013

(2013 not 2003, btw)

 

and the sign below the bridge directing to moorings on the Fearns Wharf pontoon, effective for a year or three, after being extended from a one-hour limit and before it was washed away in the 2015 floods.

 

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