Sunday 24th June 2018

We woke early to glorious sunshine and this continued all day as the temperature rose and the skin required regular top ups of suntan cream.  When we left at 8.30am the river Soar was very peaceful although flood warning signs along the River show that this is not always the case. The houses adjacent to the river are built on stilts in case of flooding.

As we turned down the Soar we had a good view of the entrance to the Erewash Canal which we explored in Oct.2016.

 Ratcliffe Power Station with its 8 cooling towers could sometimes be seen very clearly and then it disappeared behind a hill of earth. 

Anyone for a leopard skin boat?

Always think that this is a crazy name for a boat as there is nothing lazy about a boating holiday!

Normanton chuch looked idyllic but there are no moorings for visitors.

We moored up at 1pm to watch the England game and then when it was over we passed through one more lock and stopped at Loughborough. This is our base tonight.