Left the mooring at about 11:00am this morning (Sunday) and headed out of Nottingham.  We passed under a fine example of helical brickwork on the way, or so I am told.  If you want to know you will have to google it (haha).  Also had to negotiate a 90 degree turn, which Graham managed with enough style to get a cheer from the watching fishermen.  I have to say that Nottingham Magistrates Court, which is canal side, is a very large and impressive building.  After filling up with water and emptying toilets we dropped down the last lock on the Nottingham canal and on to the Trent.

Travelling on the Trent is a whole different ball game, much wider and faster than travelling along the ditch.  The new VHF radio was used to contact the lock keepers which is brilliant as the locks are then ready and waiting for you to pass through.  The lock keepers are all nice guys and very helpful with us rank amateurs using these locks.  The locks are enormous and one small narrow boat is lost inside.

We moored up at Gunthorpe at around 4:00pm and I cooked a roast chicken dinner which we had with a glass or two of red wine.  It is a lovely evening and standing on the pontoon looking back at where we came from the river looks very calm and peaceful.  Just watching a swan fly past closely followed by a goose.   Have seen loads of birds today including several Grey Geese and loads of Crested Grebes, which I have never see on the canals.

Tomorrow, weather permitting, we move on to Newark.  Really enjoyed Nottingham and will definitely go there again.  But also enjoying the peace and tranquillity of a river mooring at Gunthorpe this evening.