The Kennet and Avon Canal crosses England from West to East, and it features one of the finest examples of canal engineering in the UK. This is the Caen Hill flight of locks - 16 of them close together.
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| Looking down the famous Caen Hill flight, Devizes |
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Above and below the flight there are other locks, and today with an able
crew I have cover 8 miles and negotiated 34 locks in total. Half way down the flight my crew had to brave the attentions of nesting swans.
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| Nesting swans, Devizes |
Fortunately they failed to break a man's arm as they are fabled to be able to do. Some claim that they are able to do this just by looking at him!
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