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Taken on my mobile
This was taken at the point where the Trent meets the Ouse
Apex (Trent Falls)

The " Oh my God" bit was when a wave hit me sideways on for the first time
it got quite choppy after that and I was unable to film or take pictures for about twenty mins
All was ok though ,Tetra took it all in her stride it was just a bit unnerving at first.
Don't forget Tetra is only 18ft long, narrow beam with a 10hp outboard.
and I was on my own

That would just confuse me totally, i wouldn't know where to go.

It's surprised me how big Trent falls are.

You seemed to be going quite fast?

Hi Adam
Yes there is certainly a lot of water at Trent falls
I was equipped with a GPS and used with the charts for the area Navigation was a piece of cake
I was pushing against the tide going down the Trent (I was 2 hours late leaving Keadby(one of my complaints ))
and was only making 3 to 4 mph once on the Ouse the tide was behind me (beside me at first) I made about 8mph
would have been quicker but the wind was brisk and blowing straight down the Ouse which picked up the water into about 2-3ft waves which is pretty scary when your not used to it.
Once you realize that your not going to sink or flip over its pretty fun
Fun that is till a container ship (yes SHIP) passes you coming the other way ?
All I can say is passing over its wake is an interesting experience.

Nice one Simon, a good day for it apart from the wind.

This is one of those container ships

"Marc Mitchel"

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Leaving Keadby Lock behind

The lock entrance is just in front of the bow of the ship

The white building on the dockside is the new Lock control tower.

They have a new one now, a blue one which looks down onto the canal and onto the river.

A blue what Adam ?
The white tower is new ,
the last photo was taken 18/09/2007

Its very nice (the Lock Keeper gave me a tour )

It was easter when i was there. I think it was a blue one raised up but i'm so used to seeing this type thats what i can remember.

From the canal



From the South

That was the one sorry. I immediatly thought it was blue

The coaster wasn't parked there whilst i was there. Whats with the big yellow banner saying "Keadby lock"

Its not a banner , they have painted it on the wall.
when coasters are there its pretty hard to spot the lock.

I didn't see that either. I was more concentrating on getting into the lock on a narrowboat that had cut out not long ago

Its all good fun this boating lark

Wow, Keadby looks almost friendly now. The picture taken 'from the canal' is on the road bridge norrit? It looks so different.

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I got the same impression. Of the three pubs there we couldn't find one, one was shut and the one nearest the moorings looked a bit delapdated. Out of intrest whats the machines just downstream of the lock do?