Canal holiday tips: operating a lock, going up!

In this short film, sponsored by Beacon Park Boats, volunteer lock keepers explain how to operate a canal lock. Going up!
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[@russellmcgarrity]

Thanks very much. Clear, concise and well illustrated. Has helped me prepare for my canal boat trip on Oxford Canal. Cheers

[@BeaconParkBoats]

Great to hear!

[@debramcculloch4]

For this instructional video. It is brilliantly explained 👌 thankyou

[@adamlee3772]

Very good video. I’ve not long been living in U.K coming from Australia and a life on a canal boat looks perfect for me. In Australia we have to do what they call a “recreational skippers ticket.” If we want to use a boat in the ocean or in rivers. Is there a course you can do in UK for narrow boats and safe operation of locks?

[@stokecarpanglers]

Why do you empty the bottom lock and leave the gates open? Surely a boat could just as easily be coming the other way first no??

[@donatogioiosa6127]

Hello iv just bought a 12 man inflatable boat with a 20hp engine for the summer would that be safe to go through a locks as I want to join other rivers but we have 3 locks where we live

[@petertombee4860]

If it floats, there's no reason why it shouldn't travel the canals, and locks.
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