It is called a "flight" of locks, but you don't fly through them. In the best case, someone is coming towards you (as in this shot), so that the water levels are already set in your favor. The boat on the left is obviously a private boat, since it has lots of things on the roof. It is always nice to have a second boat when working double-wide locks like these.
Just before sunrise on the canal. Very clear and very cold. Nothing was moving except the moor hens.
The Grand Union Canal An overview shot of some narrowboats waiting for a lock to fill on the Grand Union Canal. There are over 1700 miles of canals in the UK. You work the locks yourselves, live on the boat, pilot from the rear with a tiller (and in the rain and wind). Top speed is 4 mph. The boat on the right is owned by a British family (you can tell by the sweaters and shorts). I missed the definition of the "lexicon challenge" but "Narrowboat" (single word) is a relatively new word specifically for the boats plying the British canals.
