Leicester folk flock to the locks and incline plane in their droves to wander the heritage trail,gongoozle the boats, visit the museum and enjoy refreshments in the hostelries.
Approaching the locks a upper arm sweeps of to the right which in its day led to the Incline Plane by passing the locks and reducing journey time from 70 minutes to 12 minutes.
Foxton Locks consist of two staircases of five chambers each. Boats can pass between the two and entry is by direction of the lock-keeper.
As with Watford locks there are side ponds and it's red before white. The building to the right is the museum.
That is until the passing pound in reached and the red paddle is on lock five and the white is on lock six along with its own red and white paddle!!! Water is plentiful and this middle pound is turbulent as the original pound extended along lock 6 which is now grassed.
We are soon at the picturesque basin at the bottom.
Contact was made with Sam, the engineer who is going to sort our problems and we moored at the visitor moorings beyond the bridge to await his visit.
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