Sir Clinksalot Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 On Saturday, we went to see Simon's Mum and Dad on their narrow boat in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. As it was a nice day, they took us out for a ride! Here are the pictures of our trip! And here we are arriving back at the mooring. It really was a fun day out! Finally, the gates are open and we can continue our journey! Lots of water came rushing in much faster than I expected! I thought we were going to drown! Here we are in Nether Lock, Newark. It was scary! Here we are going under a noisy road bridge! These are very friendly cows! They were making friends with the fisherman! I am steering the boat, and I was scared to death but no-one else was! It was great fun! Simon is steering the boat! We were all scared for our safety because Simon is very clumsy! Here we are passing another boat on the River Trent! Here's Simon with his Mum and Dad! They made me stand at the front on my own Here I am on the back of the boat with my Mother-in-law! This is Mum and Dad's boat! It's very blue! It's 58 ft long and it hasn't had it's final paint job yet cos it's brand new! We have just arrived at King's Marina in Newark and are greeted by Mrs Duck and her babies! This is Lincoln Central train station. We are waiting for the connecting train to Newark! (And we are on the wrong platform) Yay! Here comes the train to Lincoln. This is Gainsborough Lea Road train station! It's also a garden centre! Simon takes a while to wake up properly! It's still very early for him!
Sir Clinksalot Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 On Saturday, we went to see Simon's Mum and Dad on their narrow boat in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. As it was a nice day, they took us out for a ride! Here are the pictures of our trip! Hehe, it was a great day out, I really enjoyed myself and I know you did, especially when you were steering. Oh and that's a REALLY REALLY FLATTERING picture of me at the top. That'll teach me to let you take a pic when I've only just woken up.
robbalvey Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 LOL! I love all these 'random stuff' photo TRs!!!! Looks like fun. How was the lock? How long did it take to get the water levels the same and open up? I remember doing one of those on a boat 'in the south' once, but I don't quite remeber where. I was pretty damn young! Thanks for posting! --Robb
Sir Clinksalot Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 Well, on the way out, when the water level dropped, it took about 15 minutes. (we don't have photos of that cos we hadn't done this before and had more things on our minds, like our safety!) The one in the photos where the water was rising took about 30 minutes because the lock-keeper had the traffic lights on green to enter the lock, but when we got there the gates were closed! We had to reverse like crazy and cling to a wall and wait for the gates to open. I wouldn't like to go through a lock on my own, I don't know how people manage to, especially with a large boat!
Justin Adams Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Cows, blue boats and English countryside. Awesome. Sounds like you had a blast, thanks for sharing the pics. Justin
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