Sawley Marina

Just the 3 of us again this week and Geoff wanted to go to Sawley Marina and the junction of the rivers Derwent & Trent. We set off around 07:30 and i was in the passenger seat with Geoff driving. I could see there was going to be a good sunrise, the clouds were just starting to get a lovely warm glow. As we went along the A52 i took a couple of shots through the windscreen towards the wind turbines.  As we approached Sawley the sun was just peeping over the horizon and i couldn't resist a pic against the power station. We parked in the public area of the marina and set off up the footpath west towards the M1 motorway, the noise underneath the flyover was deafening from the constant flow of traffic.  We passed a pipe bridge then the went over the new pedestrian bridge over the river Trent. From there it was a quick walk to the junction of the 2 rivers and the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The route  along the canal

The wind turbines in Spondon

Sunrise behind Ratcliffe Power Station

                                

Moody sky over Sawley Marina

Massive lorry park

Just missed the swan taking off

Ike & Geoff with the M1 flyover in the background.

M1 flyover

Ike got his hat caught on a branch

Pipe bridge 

New bridge over the Trent

Lots of wildlife in the area.

Geoff & Ike

This is the point where all the water courses link together. 

Geoff chatting to a lady walker.

Trent river pedestrian bridge 

Pipe bridge

Just thought this made a good image

Just follow the sign lads

Sawley Church

Getting festive on the barges

Ike & Geoff

 This was a nice gentle walk along the canal, a bit cold but somewhere where none of us had been and we will visiting the area again.
See you next week.