Beeston cut, River Trent,River Soar.

We began the day in warm sunshine on the Beeston cut, a canal built to by-pass the non-navigatable section of the River Trent. After the sheer scale and boredom of the Trent, Beeston cut is a true revelation and the quintessential British canal. Today we watched Mum Coot trying to teach junior Coot how to dive for food, unsuccessfully, despite the constant nagging and repeated, faultless  demonstrations. Lots of other junior waterfowl were on show in bright sunshine and interesting settings,as was a frisbee size turtle/ terrapin sunning itself on the bank. Unfortunately we rejoined the Trent very quickly,re emphasising the boring bits. 

Very quickly we joined the River Soar, a new adventure for us but very close to home.

Ratcliffe on Soar power station from the Soar.