Another day of pleasant boating weather though we had a shorter day than usual as we have no need to be in Peterborough until tomorrow. We left our moorings at 9:15 and travelled downstream towards Peterborough. The scenery has now changed from farmland to flood plain hay meadows.
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| In Water Newton Lock, with the church in the background |
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| Water Newton Mill |
The first lock was at Water Newton in a really delightful location with the church overlooking the millstream and the guillotine lock. The water was overflowing the top gate so we had to be careful to keep the boat clear. After leaving the lock there is a good view of the 18th Century watermill, now converted as a dwelling. Then on through Alwalton Lock to Ferry Meadows Country Park.
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| Milton Ferry Bridge near Ferry Meadows |
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| Dnsie moored in Ferry Meadows Country Park |
This large expanse of old gravel workings is now a park used by the locals with walks and cycle tracks around a set of large lakes and a nature reserve. In the largest lake connected to the river by a narrow channel there are moorings for perhaps 10 boats. In the past we have found them to be busy but today Densie is the only boat there.
Next to a path around the park there is a local NVR railway station so we had tconsidered taking a train trip into Peterborough. However we changed our minds when we discovered that steam engines were currently banned due to the risk of grass fires in this hot dry weather. Further round the nature reserve area there are a couple of hides where we hoped to find something of interest. However the marshy areas had all dried up so apart from a few great tits there was nothing to see, so we returned to the Park centre and made do with an ice cream.
Today: 6.17 miles, 2 locks, 2 hours 45 minutes travelling
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