Arrived at the locks just before noon to join the queue so, fortunately, had plenty of time to look around and have lunch before working through the locks.
The whole queuing thing on the canals is a world apart from real life. If you're faced with a two-hour queue on the motorway in hot weather, you'll be raging at the whole world pretty soon. Faced with a queue at some locks, though, you can tie up, chat to the people in the boats in front and behind, potter around and sightsee (especially somewhere as picturesque as Foxton) and then you can open a bottle of wine over a lazy lunch. What's not to like?
Passage through the locks all went swimmingly! I finally understand how the side pounds work: you start filling the chamber below with water from the side pound, then empty the chamber above into the side pound, and then do it all again until you're through. We swooped down the flight and then set off up the side arm to Market Harborough for the night.
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