Wednesday

Got up early.  Andy and Judy took suki out as bank here still too high for me to get out.  Went to try and negotiate with lock keeper but no joy.  Even the dredger can't get through.  The channel they thought they had dredged had filled up again. Lock keeper adamant.  So we are going back to Newark.  My train ticket for Friday now useless.  Also team coming out to take boat back will have to get new train tickets.  It will take longer to go back to Newark because against the flow of river.  Suki and I will be boat bound all day again.  Mike had to spend the day contacting towers we were due to ring at to cancel and contacting other towers to see if he can arrange ringing there.  Hoping to go up and down erewas canal and ring at 3 towers that way.  Finished book The Girl Who Played With Fire.  Then rang some handbells.  Finally got off boat at Hazleford lock at 5.30 and had lovely 4 mile walk along the trent valley way which runs alongside the river all the way to Gunthorpe lock. Suki loved it too. Had time for a pint of Marstons before boat turned up at lock. Had to sit outside as no dogs allowed but by then it was a beautiful evening. Got to press the buttons to operate lock as had key and got there just before boat did.  Had another lovely curry cooked by jj with aloo gobi and ciabatta nan bread.

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