Another soaking

Robin Hood

As planned, we headed up to Nottingham castle this morning, and spent a couple of hours exploring the museum and art gallery housed in the castle. Well worth the visit and the views from the castle over the city and surrounding countryside are brilliant. We also explored the neighboring museum (included in the price - 'cheapskates' I hear you cry!), which covered the Victorian to WWII period. We felt particularly ancient at this point because many of the exhibits looked all too familiar from our childhoods!

 The entrance to the castle museum

 View from the castle

Returning to the boat via Sainsburys, we bought two pots of basil and placed them in the containers we bought yesterday - from the Pound Shop - a theme is emerging here!

Tonight's view

We left Nottingham in late afternoon, in bright sunshine and headed for the Trent. The forecast said that it would be dry until light rain would arrive in the evening. Well, the forecast was wrong, and just as we set off on the Trent, the heavens opened and we had a deluge of rain and then hail. It poured all the way to Holme Pierrpoint and ended with a thunder storm. We moored up against a concrete quay which overhung the side of the boat, necessitating fenders at roof level! We are now weighing up whether our wee boat (and us) are up to the navigational and mechanical challenges that lie ahead, or whether we should turn round and head up the calmer Trent&Mersey canal - watch this space....