Day Ten – On the move – Friday 28th July

It’s with regret we leave the mooring at Stoke. At the risk of being evicted we head off to hopefully secure a mooring at Holme Lock ((big spoiler here folks – they do!)) Hey Brackets, stop ruining my plan of building up the tension of the story, the… will they, won’t they make it alive? Did the pirate duck follow them up the river… ((Oh come on Peachy. Just because you’ve been receiving a load of good reviews for your books don’t go letting it go to your massive head. You bang it enough on the hatch as it is – just made myself laugh then. I really am the best thing about your blog))

Anyway, ignore Brackets. We set off and for the first time it didn’t rain! It was a little chilly at points and the river was flowing really fast which meant the engine was working hard but it managed with no problems. We were treated to a wonderful display of kingfishers skimming across the water and up and across the banks of the river. I didn’t bother trying to take a pic as they are too fast and contrary to popular belief sometimes, I don’t film everything and just enjoy the moment. ((pull the other one Peachy. As if you don’t have your iphone surgically inserted into your eye….)) don’t do it Brackets, do not do it… ((eye, eye Captain!)) you did it!

I rang the lockie and it was a smooth arrival into Holme Lock. There is some footage of this journey and the whole adventure so far on YouTube. We managed to get a mooring at Holme so that’s us sorted for a few days ((Told you)) . We also realised that the riverside festival in Notts in next weekend! Doh! ((Oh the penny finally drops)) But at least it means if we set off to Notts on Monday and make our way through we should be going in the opposite direction of everyone coming this way! Not sure what I saw about the place being busy then. Hey ho, such is life.

After mooring we enjoy a bit of chill time in the stern before I sent Chris off cycling to the pub whilst I chilled on the stern with a coffee and read an ebook which is written by one of my publishing author buddies Neerja Pawar called Eternally Single – well worth a read. It was lovely and very relaxing. When Chris arrived home, I decided that a power nap was well overdue and somehow missed the fact it was book group chat and so missed chatting with my pals! Oops! In my defence I didn’t realise it was Friday. I’ve already lost track of days.

Power nap level achieved. We had homemade pizza which was delicious and went for a walk around Pierrepont Country Park – wow, what an amazing place. We have seen a little bit of it before when we stopped this way but I didn’t realise it was so big and there was so much to do. I will pop a video on showing the area in my next vlog.

It’s 8.34pm now and the kettle is whistling in the background so it’s time to make an Ovaltine and either start a jigsaw or maybe watch a film. ((wow, what a riveting life you lead Peachy! I can barely contain my excitement. Literally the only good thing about you blogging every day is that I get to chat to my fans)) I blame everyone who keeps saying they like Brackets – you’ve created a monster! Until tomorrow. x

Miles/Distance: 3 miles
Locks: 1 (Holme Lock)
Tunnels: 0
Swing Bridges: 0
Facilities…
Toilets: Yes
Elsan: Yes
Bins:  Yes
Showers: No
Waterpoint: Yes – Didn’t use this time but i remember from last time it had very good pressure.
General: This is a lovely area near the country park. Only about a mile away takes you to the Cricket ground/Football ground/into notts and a Wetherspoons for a lovely brekkie. Try and stay as long as you can.