Late Sunday afternoon Robin decided she needed some books and articles from the Brunel library so we walked to the campus. Since we're leaving soon we thought we'd have one last meal at The Malt Shovel, a short walk from the campus.
The outdoor dining area is nice on a day like this.
Always studying. . .
. . .while the rest of us are relaxing.
The Malt Shovel is next to a canal. While waiting for the handmade salmon fishcakes to arrive I walked over to the canal. The building is a tea house. Water locks for the canal are on the right just ahead. There are two barges in the lock, waiting for the water to lower them down to the next canal level.
"Yes Love, I realize some blokes have a larger barge than I do. You don't have to keep reminding me!"
One of the gates in the lock.
When the water level is low enough, someone from the barge pushes the gates open.
More signs of Spring.
