EREWASH CANAL 3RD - 6TH MAY 2006

4 Days, 57 Miles, 34 Locks

Wednesday 3rd May 2006

Great weather. What a difference it makes when the sun is shining! It was strange leaving Barton Turns Marina and turning left, as most of our journeys have been up the Trent & Mersey northwards. We were soon past Barton Turn Lock and on towards Branston and Burton, where the smell of brewing permeated the air as we passed the huge Coors brewery.

British Waterways barge

Rape seed in full bloom

Shardlow

Thursday 4th May 2006

On the River Trent

Approaching the entrance to the Erewash Canal

First lock on the Erewash

Mills Dockyard

Sandiacre Lock

Friday 5th May 2006

1888 Terah Hooley Ltd Lace Mill being converted in to 105 flats

Saturday 6th May 2006

Return leg, Shardlow to Barton Turns Marina.