Trent to Soar, and still it rains!

19th - Holme Pierrepont Lock to Nottingham, River Trent and Nottingham Canal, 4miles 1 lock Today - Nottingham to Kegworth Shallow Lock, Nottingham Canal, River Trent and River Soar 11 miles 5 locks

It was strange to come off the river after so long, and lock through the double normal sized lock on to the Nottingham Canal, not made any easier by a boater shutting one of the gates with his boat inside, its always very difficult to enter locks out of the stream of the river, let alone into a 7ft gap! No bump though, my past experience in the last two months paid off!

So, yesterday was spent mainly in Nottingham, the castle, the city and of course, with a 6 year old, McDonalds was must!

We planned to travel on to Trent Lock, but after picking up supplies at Sainsburys (gee expensive or what!) we had travelled no more than a few hundred yards when we were yelled at to stop. A tree had fallen across the canal, and yes there would be a wait, and hey do you know, you are boat number 10 to go through. It was about 4pm, so I decided to reverse back to a mooring outside Nottingham Marina and stay there the night.

Today it rained just about all day, and BW were back at the scene of the fallen tree the evening before, clearing the rest of the debris, but the 10 boats had gone, and we made our way along the final stretch of the river through the junction at Trent Lock and on to the Soar wondering if the rain was ever going to stop!

I really enjoyed the Trent, and was sorry to leave it after what seems ages since we joined it initially at Keadby, for sure I will be back, and anyway it was so wet I couldn't even take a pic of the Trent Lock junction, so I will HAVE to return!

We are moored at Kegworth Shallow Lock this evening feeling lucky that we managed to find a fairly safe place on the river with the water rising once again. It has risen a foot since we have been moored, I wonder if we will get 'stuck' on the Soar now!