Terry Streeter wrote: > Wed Jun 4th - 25 miles, 2 furlongs, 6 locks - Nottingham to Newark > Total cruising time 5 hours 10 minutes. > > Bright sunshine this morning. What a contrast to yesterday - let's > hope it holds! Set off from our overnight mooring just below Castle > Lock just after 8.00am. Stopping on the lock landing above Meadow > Lane lock I was accosted by a local, dressing gown clad, boater > asking if he could get to Liverpool if he went downstream. After > some discussion where I suggested upstream might be a better bet, but > that yes he could get there by going downstream he asked if he could > help. He didn't look to impressed when I gave him the Thetford which > needed emptying. :-) I gather he meant with operating the lock. We > got out of the lock (and out of earshot of said local) at 8.40am and > turned upstream to get to the navigable head. Turned round at the > footbridge
Why stop at the footbridge? ;-) http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_05/Tour05_Trent.html (Does also include horrible scenes at Normanton-On-Sea) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
