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hilofoz: Ultralight paragliders over Foxton Locks
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hilofoz: Foxton Locks Swing Bridge with ducks waiting to cross
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hilofoz: A very long narrowboat
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hilofoz: A walk up to the top lock
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hilofoz: Looking down from the upper staircase of Foxton Locks
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hilofoz: The upper side pouds which act as reservoirs to recycle water for the locks
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hilofoz: Side pound and Leicester country
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hilofoz: A running sluice
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hilofoz: Bridge across the sluice
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hilofoz: The bridge over the upper arm of the Inclined Plane, where the boats were loaded into the caissons
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hilofoz: An old narrowboat hulk positioned at the caisson position of the Inclined Plane
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hilofoz: Looking down the Inclined plane to the moorings in the Lower Inclined Plane Arm below
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hilofoz: The walk opens out onto the top of the Inclined Plane site
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hilofoz: That boat is going nowhere
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hilofoz: Boat rivets and plates
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hilofoz: The roof of the old boiler house engine, now the Foxton Canal Museum
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hilofoz: The steel is gone, all that is left is some of the base concrete
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hilofoz: Some of the brick superstructure is left as well
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hilofoz: And the boats still go up and down
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hilofoz: A steep slope
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hilofoz: A wooden image of the winding gear of the Inclined Plane
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hilofoz: All the remains of the Thomas Boat Lift
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hilofoz: Walking back down to the Foxton Locks Inn past the ice breakers
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hilofoz: Walk round the Inclined Plane to the locks
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hilofoz: The walkway opens up halfway down the locks
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hilofoz: Just in case
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hilofoz: Lion face and a fearful Green Man graces the door of the Bottom Lock Cottage
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hilofoz: Wal the carpenter’s boat, Fettler, Josher style
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hilofoz: Foxton Locks Inn from Rainbow Bridge
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hilofoz: Afternoon at Foxton Locks Inn