Holme lock

Typical Trent view

A short day today. We travelled the 7 miles from Gunthorpe to Holme Lock, just outside Nottingham during the morning and moored up at lunchtime. Again the wind was strong which made steering the boat tiring and so we were happy to stop early.

Rapid lock filling at Holme

At the last lock, Holme, the lock-keeper was keen wanted to get us up quickly as he had a scheduled trip boat due to come down. He therefore made sure we were properly roped to the side of the lock and raised the paddles fully.

Holme Pierpoint Hall

During the afternoon we walked to the nearby village of Holme Pierpoint where there was an impressive Hall, an interesting church (locked unfortunately) and little else. We returned through the National Watersports Centre next to our mooring. There were 2 rowers on the spectacular mile long main lake as well as a few people practising their canoeing on the slalom course.