The afternoon brought more locking. The canal’s levels were high, with some locks having waterfalls over the top of their gates. We encountered a wide boat going the other way to us just after a junction, he’ll be going a different route to the one we’d just covered since the locks we’d been through were narrow ones. Carrying on, I hopped off to open an already half-open swing bridge. I got it open, but found it wouldn’t shut; it got stuck halfway, just like we found it! Luckily, a walker on the towpath lent me a hand in closing it before crossing the bridge. As the day continued, we went from going up to going down locks, making progress which put us ahead of schedule on our way towards the marina where Bartimaeus will spend the winter.