Taken by surprise when several other boats left at 8am and headed
upstream. We quickly followed suit and tried to keep up with the last
narrowboat.
We heard on the radio one boat calling Cromwell lock to go through, but
then a bit later there was more radio traffic about a commercial barge
blocking the river. So we slowed down and when we got there there was one
boat being loaded with gravel, a fully loaded one was stuck blocking most
of the river, and another one was waiting to load. All the other
narrowboats and cruisers had moored up to the empty barge.
Shortly after we arrived one of the narrowboats deicided to try to get
round the bow of the loaded barge and we followed him, shortly follwed by
all the other boats.
Still arrived in Newark in time for a late lunch in the Fox and Crown, a
Tynemill pub. After that we pressed on to Gunthorpe for the evening.
When we got there, the secure floating pontoon was full, but we managed to
moor to the bank.
Had a very good meal in Tom Browns, at a reasonable price too, as it was
early in the week.
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