Elaine's linear, 7¾ mile walk today started at the Carrington Street bus stop outside Nottingham Railway Station and took ten members firstly along the Nottingham and Beeston Canal to the Trent opposite the City Ground. After crossing Trent Bridge, we went along the river, past The Hook Local Nature Reserve to the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont for lunch and to view the white-water rafters. After rounding the far end of the rowing lake, we returned to Radcliffe via Holme Lane and The Green.
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| View of Castle Wharf from the bridge over the canal |
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| Castle Wharf |
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| Setting off towards the London Road Bridge, fine warehouses on the left |
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| Description of Canalside next to London Road |
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| Traffic on the canal |
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| Meadow Lane Lock - canal meets the Tent |
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| Dragonboat near Trent Bridge |
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| View from Trent Bridge - City Ground and rowing clubs |
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| Junction of the Grantham Canal and the Trent |
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| Apartments at Trent Basin close to the site of the new pedestrian bridge across the Trent |
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| Nottingham Princess |
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| Rounding the mark before a struggle upstream in light winds |
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| Map of Country Park |
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| Colwick Sluice undergoing refurbishment |
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| Holme Lock |
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| White water rafting.. and swimming...and carrying...and diving |
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| Leaving the site of the white water rafting after an entertaining lunch stop |
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| Canoe Polo site near Skylarks Nature Reserve |
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| Return to Radcliffe for refreshments and/or a bus back home, St Mary's Church in the background |
