A view looking towards Whilton Locks on the Buckby flight.  Narrowboats on the move. Two pairs of ducks part to allow access down the canal for the narrowboat bearing down on them. actual pixel size

March 19th, 2009 | Tags: Canal, Locks, Long Buckby, Narrowboat, Narrowboat Images, Whilton Marina | Category: Digitally Painted Image | Leave a comment

This image depicts the Grand Union Canal as viewed looking in a southerly direction from Whilton Locks on the Buckby flight early morning in mid March. Whilton Marina is behind the trees on the right of image. actual pixel size

March 17th, 2009 | Tags: Grand Union Canal, Locks, Long Buckby, Narrowboat, Narrowboat Images, Whilton Marina | Category: Digitally Painted Image | Leave a comment

Narrowboat Lazy Days This past weekend I had the pleasure of bumping into fellow bloggers Alan and Francis from the narrowboat Lazy Days. Alan was busy fishing the canal for his keys to the diesel filler cap which had inexplicably jumped out of his hand and into the canal some minutes earlier. Alan and Francis [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Tags: Bridge, Grand Union Canal, Locks, Long Buckby, Narrowboat, Narrowboat Images | Category: Digitally Painted Image | Comments (2)