With no children and a little petrol you there are loads of lovely places to visit that aren't to far from home. One of these is Foxton Locks in South Leicestershire.
Foxton's famous staircase lock flight was built in 1810 and raised boats a massive 75ft up the hill from Market Harborough and linked the north and south of England by Grand Union Canal.
It is really an amazing sight and a fit tribute to the engineers of the time and the industrial revolution that help fund and make us one of the richest nations in the world at the time. The Picture below really doesn't do justice to the scale of the effort required to build the locks and the water works that make it all work even today. Only by seeing can you truly appreciate it.
At the bottom of the locks for the those with a taste for a pint there is a nice pup where you can put up you feet have something to eat while enjoying the country air.
Even in the early evening when the locks are closed there is still lots to see. Although you can't see the boats going up and down the locks you can see many of them mored on the side of the canal waiting for the locks to open in the morning like the one below that was mored for the night.
It is a lovely place to visit, if you are in the area, and with the parking at £1.50 a day it is a great place to have a picnic and enjoy watching the boats going up and down the locks.
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