Slapton Lock
by Martin Howard
Title
Slapton Lock
Artist
Martin Howard
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
One of the first places I ever went fishing was on the Grand Union Canal at Slapton in Buckinghamshire, England. Canals are man-made waterways that were once a very important part of the transport system, but nowadays are mainly used for leisure purposes. Narrow-boats were the means of transport and in this painting, one is just approaching a lock at Slapton. Locks were a clever invention by which canals could take a more direct route through land with different levels and still be navigable by boat. The locks were manned by a lock-keeper who's job it was to operate and maintain the locks. The lock-keeper usually lived on site in a cottage, here the white building seen on the right hand side of the picture. I spent hours fishing here and although the boats are colourfully painted and pleasing on the eye, they cause annoyance to fishermen. The narrow canal means that it is not possible to fish when a boat passes. Also each time a lock is emptied, it causes the water to flow very rapidly, first in one direction and then a few minutes later in the other direction. Needless to say, boat owners and fishermen do not always get on.
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April 21st, 2013
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