Thru Marple locks

After walking fifteen miles yesterday I capped that by doing the sixteen Marple locks today. They were quite stiff to operate and they are all deep. However I got some help from the volunteer lock keeper, otherwise I might still be coming through them now. The good thing was that the rain held off until I had moored. The towpath telegraph is claiming that both the canals from Portland Basin are closed but I couldn't find anything about it online so I'll have to wait and see.