After Aldermaston we spent a few days at Tyle Mill before moving off through (among others) Garston Lock. This is the other example of a turf sided lock.
Then on to Fobney Lock. This caused us a bit of a problem as it was leaking faster than it was filling and took a lot of effort to pass through. Then you have the strong stream flows either side of the lock tail to deal with.
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| Filling Fobney Lock |
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| The Mill Stream gets you from the left, the river from the right! |
Then on into Reading with a passage through County Lock.
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| County Lock - Reading |
Now we wait for the traffic lights to go green and its off down the roller-coaster ride through the Oracle Shopping Centre. We were too fast for the dinosaurs to catch us!
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| Into the Oracle shopping centre... |
And out the other side. Now only Blake's Lock and we are on to the Thames.
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| The Thames is just through the bridges! |
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