THE HATTON FLIGHT (time lapse)

The Hatton Flight of 21 broad locks takes the Grand Union Canal east towards Warwick descending almost 150 feet in around two miles.

These broad locks were built in the early 1930's replacing the original narrow locks the remains of which can still be seen acting as bypass weirs for the newer locks.

From lock 39 we were joined by nb Mandy who, our more observant viewers will remember, was last seen moored in Bancroft Basin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yrSCIAx0A).

We decided to lash the two boats together and performed synchronized, formation narrowboating maneuvers down to the bottom lock. Mind you, with the boats bound stem to stem and stern to stern the skippers needed a certain degree of understanding when it came to steering with two tillers!

I apologise for the quality of the video for the first four locks. Some DICKHEAD (no prizes for guessing who) had the video camera on manual focus.

The Waterman (www.thewatermanpub.co.uk/) near lock 43 provides great views of the flight and serves food all day.

You can find great photographs and lots of canal information at:

www.upthecut.co.uk

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Tags:

• hatton
• flight
• grand
• union
• canal
• lock
• narrowboat
• warwickshire

[terryb1976]

hatton locks toward leamington spa i trust?

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

Well I remember it being downhill

[ajawofcopan]

what the hell is a narrowboat and what mystical fairyland was this filmed in? Do the people that work these locks like live there or something? How often do they have to run outside and get it working for a boat? And why is the same lady at like every one of them?

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

Who knows?

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

It's video of two narrowboats descending a flight of 21 wide canal locks, speeded up so that you see the action in 10 minutes rather than the elapsed three hours

[Nimbulan06]

1) It might be the guys wife driving / filming.

2) It might be someone from a boat behind helping, or a boat ahead coming up helping.

Its all very friendly.

NO WAKE

[0nix0]

Probably a stalker. lol. I've had a group of walkers follow me from lock to lock as I ascend several close locks before

[jackie11aug]

Relaxing even when speeded up! See how fast the cars zoom past on the final bridge (A46 Warwick bypass)

[FederalQsiren]

what is this `?

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

Go forth and multiply