A boat-weighing machine, originally from the Glamorganshire Canal - 10 Jun 2007

Visitors take a boat trip on the canal - 10 Jun 2007

A view of the canalside buildings from the canal - 10 Jun 2007

A closer view of the canalside buildings - 10 Jun 2007

The Boat Inn - 10 Jun 2007

Youngsters watch boats in the top lock - 10 Jun 2007

A boat exits the top lock - 10 Jun 2007

A view of the canalside buildings from the top lock - 10 Jun 2007

A boat runs alongside The Navigation Inn - 10 Jun 2007

View towards the village - 10 Jun 2007

Canalside buildings and top lock - 10 Jun 2007

Three-storey canalside cottages - 10 Jun 2007

A boat waits for the top lock to fill - 10 Jun 2007

Boats moored alongside The Canal Shop - 10 Jun 2007

Three ducks rest after a lunch which has not been finished - 10 Jun 2007

Attractive looking "Cyprus", built in 1935 and now restored in its original livery - 10 Jun 2007

A boat emerges from the southern end of Blisworth Tunnel, second longest navigable tunnel in the UK - 10 Jun 2007

Waiting for the top lock to fill - 10 Jun 2007

The National Canal Museum - 10 Jun 2007

This plaque commemorates Sister Mary Ward (1885-1972), medical advisor to canal-boat carriers - 10 Jun 2007