Category Archives: Trips

Another day on the Trent going through nowhere – with only a few locks and so much water it can actually be remarkably boring Continue reading →

Doing the Tidal Trent within a few days of last doing it is rather like being forced to watch a dull movie twice. But unlike a dull movie you can’t walk out half way through Continue reading →

It’s an easy trip from Saxilby to Lincoln and there are plenty of moorings if you know where to look, and Steep Hill doesn’t need to be as scary as it’s name suggests. Continue reading →

A lot of distance with relatively little to see takes Kathy and Steve out on to the tideway and then onto some Roman canal before stopping for the night in a village with a Viking history. Continue reading →

After an Easter Weekend experience in Nottingham Kathy and Steve barely give it the time of day, stopping only to do a food shop before escaping from the city as fast as they can. only to find that the opening hours on the locks really aren’t what you’d expect for high summer. Continue reading →

Kathy and Steve totally fail to get in a pickle, or go for a Burton before passing by a little bit of Ukraine, ending up for the night at somewhere that sounds like it could be a public school but isn’t Continue reading →

Another fine sunny day sees Kathy and Steve make their way through mostly open countryside, past a collection of toilets before getting up close and intimate with the A38 for a short while. Continue reading →

Avoiding Wolverhampton, and in reality really avoiding anywhere including Stafford, Kathy and Steve meander all over the countryside, almost gatecrash a wedding and end up in the middle of nowhere for a rather fine traditional Sunday Roast. Continue reading →

In which Kathy and Steve make their way through some rather crazy 19th Century engineering, involve themselves in a perfectly legal tax evasion process and then make their merry way through more cuttings, saying hello to “Lord Lucan” on the way. Continue reading →

The original plan was to go all the way to Boston and throw some tea in the harbour (well the C&RT visitor moorings anyway). But due to things like the tides on the Trent it was going to make things … Continue reading →