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.
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