Friday 16 September 2011

Castle Marina to Gunthorpe

Away early to head off down the Trent. The overnight stop in Nottingham went fine, no issues or problems. Not very keen on the Nottingham canal as it seems to be drug deal central. Just a couple of locks to do to get back onto the Trent, we passed the chap who tried to find our lost windlass at Bishops Meadow lock on the Soar. I must get better organised and write down stuff like names and boat names so I can include them in the blog. Also I must get a small simple camera to carry in my pocket, my big SLR stuff is just to much to have with you all the time and I missed so many good photos. Holm lock was our first experience of a large river Trent lock - Bloody Hell! The chap operating the lock was helpful, if a little brusque, Jan said he was a miserable git.
Although the Trent is a great river we both said we prefer the canals as they are more intimate and you meet more people. Because the river is so wide you feel like you are just moving from A to B. I will say in passing, as a homage to Terry Darlington, "Egrets, we say a few". Stopped at Gunthorpe pontoon for the night. The lock keeper at Stoke lock had said that narrow boats can moor on the inside of the pontoon so we were hopeful of a spot, however on arrival it did not look promising. We circled a few times to have a better look as we went by some chaps from Colwick saw us and mover there boats forward to make room for us. People on the water are so nice!
We finished the day with a very expensive meal in Tom Browns. The food was good but cost us more that food for the previous 2 days.

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