An impressive turnout (28) for Heather's 8½ mile walk starting at the Gunthorpe Lock car park. The walk took us downstream along the Trent before cutting across fields to Caythorpe and then to Gunthorpe Village. Crossing the A6097, we took good tracks to the outskirts of Burton Joyce for lunch before returning along the Trent to Gunthorpe Lock.
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| Heather briefs us at the start |
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| Trent ketches were built specifically for use on the Newark Navigation. They carried up to 40 tons to the Humber seaports |
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| Gunthorpe Weir from the opposite bank |
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| Clapper gate, unique to the Trent |
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| Crossing the Doverbeck near Caythorpe Mill The Doverbeck river was the southern boundary of Sherwood Forest from the 13th century. The river rises near the village of Blidworth in the heart of the forest and flows southeast to join the River Trent near Gunthorpe and Caythorpe. Caythorpe Mill was one of eleven on the Doverbeck: Salterford Mill, Oxton Mill, Epperstone Mill, Woodborough Mill, The Paper Mill, Carby’s Mill, Parkinson’s Pit, The Lord’s Mill, Cliffe Mill, Hoveringham Mill and Caythorpe Mill |
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| Lunch near the Burton Joyce flood defences |
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| More lunchers where Crock Dumble meets the Trent |
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| Gunthorpe Bridge |
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| And back to the lock in improving weather |
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