Bingley

I moor for the night at the top of the Bingley Five-Rise locks.  It is quite busy and I do not find a brilliant mooring due to underwater obstructions and am too far from the bank for my Go-Kart tyres to be of use.

Taking on water, the next morning, before the descent

In the first lock.  The flight is manned by a permanent lock-keeper and a volunteer so I have no work to do!  It is locked overnight.

Looking down the flight

Built in 1774 in 'staircase' formation, the bottom gates of the top lock are the bottom gates of the next lock.  This means it is not possible to empty a lock unless the one below is also empty and takes quite a while.  So, if you arrive to go down just as a boat is starting up you have a fair wait.  I am first down in the morning.

The five-rise is the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5 (a rise of 59ft 2in (18.03m) over a distance of 320ft (98m)). The intermediate and bottom gates are the tallest in the country.

More information can be found on Wikipedia

5 miles; 0 locks; 7 moveable bridges

TOTAL:  508 miles (209 miles broad, 40 miles river); 244 locks (111 broad); 52 moveable bridges