It may be a bit disingenuous to have a post of video stills in our photography section, but we thought these were good enough to post up and give you an idea of the scenes from The Trent. These images cover our trip from historic Gainsborough, upstream to Torksey Lock, and also appear in the accompanying blog post here.
Happidaze on the Gainsborough floating pontoon looking southTrent Bridge, built in the 18th century, put paid to commercial trade along the river, preventing larger ships from passing up and down the canalFrom our research, we believe there is only one wharf left on the riverfront in GainsboroughThe stunning Gainsborough Old Hall, which hosted Henry VIII, is open to the publicView under the arch as we passed through. Check the video (ep 418) to get an idea of the speed we were doingThere is an old Roman Ford in Littleborough, though all you’ll see is this splendid houseA glimpse of old Torksey CastleA cormorant leads us into Torksey LockRichard the lock keeper at Torksey opens the gates onto the Fossdyke
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