A different pace of life

Everything slows down when you are around the river, just outside our front gate are the locks. Keith and Steve were the duty lock keepers today with Frank looking on....Frank is a very solidly built Boarder Terrier.  Here are some pictures of the locks in operation. Boat coming downstream.

Now in the lock, it is about an 11 foot drop.

Leaving the lock. Can you see the Virgin train on the viaduct, I wonder
if they were watching the boats?

As the gates opened another boat was on it's way upstream.

On another note, Nila came face to face with his first swan at the bottom of our garden...after barking at it he looked around for ideas.