Thursday, 4 May 2017

Chapter 6 - The River Trent - 2

We moved on the next day




Meadow Lock


...turning off the Cut back onto the mighty Trent




Then we came to our first ever big river lock


...the nearby canoe slalom of the National Water Sports Centre



We entered when the light went green,


two very small narrowboats in an almighty chamber



At the bottom of our descent, the huge gates opened slowly,



and we left



Stoke Lock, which was just as huge but harmless as the last



The floating pontoon above Gunthorpe Lock



...a village green and a nice-looking pub


Lady Catherine




I looked out across the duck-dotted, golden River Trent
towards an oil painting sunset...






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