Chapter 6 - The River Trent - 1

The rain had gone, to start with at least. The wind was still with us,
but we weren't going to let that stop us one single day longer

We... finally moored for the night just past bridge 90 at Foxton Locks

We descended the locks on the Thursday morning, under a blue sky...

We moored between bridges 76 and 77, a lovely spot on a beautiful evening

It was another butterfly day, and moths, mayflies and dragonflies shared it

Oh, and a terrapin!

The locals seemed harmless enough when
we moored at Ervin's Lock, South Wigston

It seemed like a long day, with lots of locks in increasing
degrees of disrepair, neglected by all except graffiti scribblers

Leicester was a great disappointment

We moored at the CRT mooring beneath the Castle Gardens

...lowered ourselves out of the fag-end of the city

...trees, hedgerows and fields took over the scenery. And lakes...

After lunch at Sileby Lock...

...we moved on to Mountsorrel

On along the wide and wonderful river towards Barrow-on-Soar

At Barrow Mill Basin, we took the last visitor mooring

The weather forecast for the next day was surprisingly accurate!



We met a widebeam at the first lock



We moored hurriedly just above Zouch Lock,



our only companion a small GRP cruiser



The river opens out again...



Kegworth Deep Lock

Dozens of riverboats... making us feel small

Trent Junction

Cranfleet Lock

The magnificent River Trent

Beeston Cut

The Meadows

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