Caen Hill II: The Ascent
Today we returned to the magnificent and daunting Caen Hill flight of locks. Here we see our intrepid crew demonstrating the two main techniques for moving lock gates. Greg uses the frontal approach. Karen uses the bacon technique. It’s called the bacon technique because you lean back. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha. It’s really funny if you’re English, honestly. With almost no other traffic and some help from Canal and River Trust volunteers, we made it up the flight in a bit over four…