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On the Nottingham Canal in Nottingham

Nottingham done, it was time to carry on our journey. After leaving Sainsbury's we travelled further up the Nottingham Canal through Castle lock to a winding hole where we could turn round. The canal is too narrow to turn in except at designated points.

Castle lock provided some excitement as just before the lock the boat became jammed against a small weir controlling the water level in the canal. The amount of water flowing over the weir provided more pressure than the engine could overcome. We only got the boat off by brute manual effort, Denise at the front pulling on a rope and myself at the rear pushing it away from the exitting water.

After turning we went back through Castle Lock again, avoiding the weir, past Sainsburys and retraced Friday's journey up the Trent. We stopped to fill up with water at Cranfleet Cut and a bit later stopped again for a quick lunch. Then back to Sawley where we pumped out the loo. We can now last the rest of our trip and only need pump out again when we reach our home base.