EREWASH CANAL 3RD - 6TH
MAY 2006
4 Days, 57 Miles, 34 Locks
Day
|
Miles
|
Locks
|
From
|
To
|
1 |
20.4 |
8 |
Barton Turns Marina |
Shardlow |
2 |
8.3 |
9 |
Shardlow |
Stanton Lock, Erewash Canal |
3 |
8.3 |
9 |
Stanton Lock, Erewash Canal |
Shardlow |
4 |
20.4 |
8 |
Shardlow |
Barton Turns Marina |
|
57.4 |
34 |
|
|
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.
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