The Great Vowel Shift
Here we are in Thrapston where the NEN changes into the NEEN. We went through six locks today, three of them being manual guillotine locks. That means that you have to shift that great slab of metal up and down by turning a big silver wheel. It’s hard work, especially the last couple of feet when the counterbalance effect is upset by the water that the lock gate displaces, but we were up for it. The river is lovely here….