Saturday 12th May 2018
Fiskerton to Newark
7.25 miles, 1 lock
The usual
start for Monty and I when we are travelling on rivers – a good walk. We re-traced our steps from last night, but once we had crossed the roads and arrived at the footpaths we turned right across a field towards
to Fiskerton
Mill
There is no mistaking which way you are supposed to go
The mill stream is still quite fast flowing
On through a
kissing gate
Over a
bridge
Through a
wood
Along the
edge of another field
And finally,
across another field to the outskirts of the next village, Rollaston which
Does have a
church
before we turned around and re-traced our steps back to the boat ready for the off. The walk was about 2 miles and, for the most part, utter bliss. Just Monty and I with the birds singing in the trees and bees buzzing in the undergrowth.
En route the
first thing of note today was this ‘Diverted Traffic’ sign at a very
inappropriate place – not for us today!
Imagine waking up to the view they must have from upstairs.
Excuse our
rather odd angle – we had to make an emergency stop (reverse) as this cruiser came out
of Farndon Marina right across our bow.
Is this
supposed to be two hands? It was hard to
say. From a distance it looked like a
rather odd unicorn.
Shortly
before you arrive in Newark there is a very large completely unprotected weir –
it stretches almost all the way along this photo
The flow
is strong enough to pull these trees right to the edge
The first
signs that Newark is near is the church
On past the
causeway
and on to
the lock which ended up being a
very full
lock full - our first this season.
Four years ago we moored right opposite the castle, but that space was occupied by the Newark
Heritage Barge in place for the May Bank Holiday 5-7 May!
At that time the The Leicester Trader was in dry dock undergoing major
refurbishment – it is good to see it finished and open to the public. She was the last Trent size barge to be built and also the last to be towed up the Trent with a cargo in the old way in 1979. Maybe one day she will be open when we are in town.
We managed
to breast up a bit further along and we still had a view of the castle behind
us.
We then went off for a walk across the park and beyond to remind ourselves where Waitrose was for tomorrow morning. It was a glorious day and there were many
signs of summer weddings (the registry office is in the Castle grounds). Amongst many guests, some bearing gifts
addressed ‘The newly weds’, we spotted one flower girl and
a bride and
groom.
As a WI
member at home, this neat little building leapt out at me – it is nestled just
below the castle.
No cooking
for us tonight as we were invited aboard Cleddau for a veritable feast.
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