Sawley - The Marina
w/e 14 March
2004
In recent
weeks our travels have seen us alongside the River Trent at Holme
Pierrepont and the Victoria Embankment in Nottingham. Previously
we had also visited the nature reserve at Attenborough which
is also on the Trent and this time we are a little further upstream
beyond Long Eaton at Sawley Marina. From the main concourse of
the marina, this view across the fields is towards Sawley Church.
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The Trent
lies between the church and the marina as does the Sawley Cut
which is just beyond the footbridge in this image. Another small
boat is entering the still waters at the marina.
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Between the
marina on the left and Sawley Cut to the right this path leads
to a footbridge. This idyllic scene belies the fact that there
was a cold wind blowing and storm clouds were gathering overhead.
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Some of the attractive spring
flowers in the bed by the Sawley Cut were doing their best to
match the craft moored nearby.
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There is water all around and
over 400 moorings available at the marina but this boat was on
dry land. That's probably the mystery.
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As we prepared to leave Sawley
Marina, it was not a moment too soon. The threatening sky lived
up to its promise and we pulled off the car park in a hail storm.
For more information about the "Gateway To The Waterways"
click
here for the Sawley Marina website.
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