Trent continued again

In the most bazaar setting we managed to achieve a very peaceful nights sleep.

TheTrent was one of the UK's most polluted rivers but Otters have returned recently as the river gets cleaner. The above shots below a weir shows otters must use copious amounts of bubble bath in their daily bath time routines.

The "sitting"Canada goose opposite the law courts in Nottingham.  If you look closely you will spot her"early warning system" of moorhens, with whom she shares her patch.

The sky this morning. That Otter bubble bath gets everywhere.

The locks are truly formidable.

Newark castle

Leaving Nether lock.

We grounded ourselves between Nether and Cromwell locks, freed ourselves using the barge pole and elected to moor on a floating pontoon downstream to the latter where Lynne could link up to the electrics, do our washing and refill with water. It was fiercely windy so getting Tardis Two onto the pontoon and securing her to it was a Herculean task, even with the help of other boaters. Hopefully we will still be attached in the morning? At least we should have some company in lock Cromwell lock tomorrow.