Monday we moved the short distance from Cranfleet to Sawley. The lock was manned again so I didn’t even have to get off the boat. We moored opposite the Derby…
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Today has been a very nice day. We left Beeston this morning at just after 9 am and were in luck with the lock because as we were ready to…
Read the PostBeeston to Cranfleet Cut – Better than yesterday!
Saturday was a funny old day. It started off ok with nice weather and we set off for Nottingham. Our intention was to moor on the County Hall steps, walk…
Read the PostGunthorpe to Beeston – Via an aborted stop in Nottingham
After I finished blogging last night Ken caught two Barbel, one of 4.5lb and just before midnight he caught a 8.5lb one. He was pretty chuffed with himself! This morning…
Yesterday we stayed in Newark and as the fishing tackle shop in town has unfortunately closed down we walked to Farndon to Future Tackle. This was a walk of about…
Read the PostNewark back to Hazelford Ferry – Large Barge halts progress!
This morning got off to a slow start. As it was nearly 9 am before we were ready to leave we decided not to operate the lock ourselves but waited…
Read the PostHazelford Ferry to Newark – Delayed start but a good trip
Not much to report today. We were woken at about 6-30 am by some fishermen talking rather loudly. And they must have been talking loudly because we could hear them…
Well, we didn’t moor at the County Hall steps in the end because research revealed that by Tuesday all the moorings were full. This was due to there being a…
Read the PostNottingham to Hazelford Lock – via a couple of days at Stoke Bardolph
We did make an early start on Friday leaving at just after 7am (yes that’s right!) and travelled 4 miles and 3 locks from Kegworth to Sawley. Our plan worked…
Read the PostKegworth to Nottingham – Including a weekend of two halves in Sawley!