Day 28 - Trent Bridge to Gunthorpe

Tuesday 30th August

10 miles, 2 locks

Paul up to Trent Bridge for 9.00 am in the hope of getting tickets for the ODI against Pakistan but no luck.

The River Trent

Beautiful warm sunny day. Cruised down the wide Trent via Holme and Stoke locks, alll huge and manned. Saw grebe, white egret and all the usual water fowl.

Stoke Lock

Approaching Gunthorpe

Moored above Gunthorpe lock on pontoon moorings. Only 3 boats including ours when we arrived but within 40 minutes we were surrounded and the pontoon full. Mostly cruisers that dwarfed us! The cruiser next to us had a cage full of lovebirds tweeting merrily. We later learnt that one had escaped in Newark.

Walked along the river, surprised to find a couple of bars an Indian restaurant and a bistro as well as the two pubs in the village itself. There were loads of people strolling about eating ice creams. It was like being at the seaside especially as the river had a couple of small gravelly beaches alongside it with children and dogs paddling.

Sampled the pub before returning to our boat for a candlelit dinner on the pontoon.