Torksey to Muskham Ferry, River Trent
We left the shelter of the Torksey lock approach and ventured out onto the river again. 12 hours heavy rain last night managed to stop as we set off but it was so murky we almost needed navigation lights on. At times there were so many narrow boats and cruisers going in the same direction, it was akin to a flotilla. The waves created by some of the gin-palaces that over-took us were about 2 feet high which made for a very exciting white knuckle ride.
No sand barges today, but we had to keep an eye out and listen to the VHF. After about 3.5 hours we reached Cromwell Lock and the comfort zone of a non tidal part of the river Trent. Still fast moving water, and life jackets, but somehow a safer feel to it. We moored on a floating jetty built solely for patrons of The Muskham Ferry Inn, which was so idyillic at lunch time we have decided to stay overnight! The HOT sun came out, the real ale was good, and the garden overlooked the river, what more could we want.
The pub got its name in the thirties when the licensee was the ferry man who took the school children across the river from the village on the other side.
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