"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books" - John Lubbock
Project 365: #60
This was my adventure yesterday morning! I decided to make the most of the last couple of weeks here on my bicycle, as I am not so sure that it will be as easy or safe in NJ. So, I have been ticking things off my list to do and see, and was so excited that I managed this, and the weather was good too! My intention was to cycle somewhere and then go for a run, but I was so enjoying the cycling, that I decided to go a little further and forget the run! I ended up at the Mittellandkanal again:
I have mentioned the Mittellandkanal before, but not that there are locks on it - so I ventured to find them: the Hindenburgschleuse Anderten. I think that locks are another amazing technological invention, this one was built from 1919-1928, allowing for an altitude difference of 14.7 m in the waterway, and at the time of inauguration was the largest single lock in Europe. It takes just 15 minutes for the water levels to change, and my timing was just perfect to witness a barge arriving at the lock and being elevated for the next stretch of its journey.
Of course, there is always the cute wildlife that goes with the canal - ducklings and cygnets!
On this adventure I learnt how locks work, and even had some lessons from a sailor on one of the barges! I also learnt how ducklings manage to safely navigate their way from harm of oncoming boats, and over the wakes they create! Amazing!
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