The old turf Burghfield Lock, 1980.
The cats inspect the new Burghfield Lock 103, 1980.
Burghfield Lock after modification, 1985.
A goose jam, a common hazard between Burgfield and Garston Locks, 1980.
Garston Lock 102 from below, 1978.
Garston Lock, 1978.
Garston Lock filling, 1980.
Shenfield (or Sheffield) Lock 101 filling, 1980.
The lock had just been rebuilt, and the useful 'bollards' were later
cut down to brick level. The curved sides were awkward for a boat as short as ours.
Unjacking Theale swingbridge, circa 1982.
The jacks have since been mechanised; holding one's finger on the button
is less irksome than turning the wheel
The jacking wheel on Theale swingbridge, circa 1982.
85 turns took a while. The longest time we took to open the bridge
was 20 minutes, when the wheel was so stiff that I had to stand on each spoke in turn