Wow, we must have done something to please the weather gods! It’s been a really gorgeous, warm sunny day. Ideal boating weather.
We started by working throughBramwith lock  This can accommodate boats up to 200ft long! But it’s divided into sections with several sets of gates, so we only used a small section. Unlike all the other locks around here, this one is manual and it took all my strength to open & close the gates.
Then at Bramwith junction we turned up the New Junction Canal and immediately crossed the river Don  on an aqueduct and shortly after entered Sykehouse lock which is enormous!

Quite a few lift & swing bridges today, but all these worked perfectly. Next we turned onto the Aire & Calder navigation. This is a commercial waterway running wide, deep & straight. We haven’t yet met any large frieghters but maybe that’s because it’s the weekend. For the first couple of hours we didnt meet any boats at all, but later on it got quite busy, with lots of local boaters out enjoying the good weather.