Sawley Cut to Nottingham

We are again on our travels, Jill has been signed off by the hospital, we are now heading north to Nottingham, Lincoln and hopefully as far as Boston, before turning south again to be in Birmingham for a friends wedding on the 16th October. We have a goal...oooh... that could be dangerous!

The River Trent is very benign at the moment, hardly any flow, but looking glorious.

It has always been a psychological problem of mine that Narras and rivers don't mix but when you transit water ways like this all the worries leave and slowly one relaxes and drinks in the beauty and tranquility. But....one can never become too complacent.

Puppies enjoying the river too

Laid back or what?

 

Some more photos of the trip

Bones if your reading this, are you still looking for a waterside residence?

What about this?

Or this, room for Narra, Motorhome, and car, Perfection.

Scope for improvement.

But with a view like this, Wow.

Approaching Beeston Lock

View over lock wall at Beeston

Entering the Nottingham Canal.

Is this Graffiti or Street Art?

This is Art

Mmmm

The World is a small place!

Jill    Graham    David

Having literally tied off my stern rope, I turned round and was almost blown away to see an old friend of mine from the RAF. Graham Bearham and I served on 3 Squadrons together, 33Sqn, 230 Sqn and 216 Sqn. We met briefly last year at the Puma reunion in London, although Graham was carted off to hospital by ambulance five minutes after I arrived, was it something I did? The last time we saw each other was 21 years before that. Graham was travelling with his brother David, helping him to return his Narra to Newark, the meeting was even more of a chance, as originally David was going to take Graham down to London.

We were still there, but the Lappy did expire.

Lesson learn't, do not give a glass of red wine to a five year old........laptop, she expired the next morning without any warning whatsoever. New Lappy has arrived and is now almost ready for ........catch-up to follow.

We are Still here but!

We are still here but I tried to give our 'puter a glass of red wine, it didn't like it, and between the both of us we dropped Jill's second new camera and it's away for repair.
The 'puter is very intolerant of red wine and has decided to go on random strikes, she will work now and then, but then not long enough to do a blog,   heeelllp. Have ordered a new battery, maybe that will help solve the problem, who knows?

We have managed to keep intouch with the world with my phone, but it's not the same, however we have met and dined with two other bloggers, Neil and Kath of NB Herbie. We had a very nice paupers supper in the Navigation at Kilby Bridge, they then joined us on 'MR' for a nite cap which was when I fed 'puter with the red wine. Kath told me the next morning that she felt guilty about the 'puter because if they hadn't gone round after supper it probably wouldn't have happened. Woman always seem to take on the guilt!

Anyway, enough for now except we are at Loughborough awaiting the delivery of our new batteries and building a new battery box to accept them.

Well done 'puter you have made it!