Eastgate, Rotherham

Stopped here in order to call ahead and book our passage through the Tinsley Lock Flight which needed at least 24hrs notice. CRT lines were busy on Friday and their offices closed at the weekend so needed to wait until Monday to book for Tuesday.

Eastgate had good points and bad. Good were the easy moorings on a concrete path with bollards, although limited space so needed to get off at railings and a slope. The only people walking past were a couple of boaters moored ahead of us because access to the site was either from the water or via a marina with locked gates. This was also a disadvantage in that if we wanted to go shopping we had to walk in the opposite direction to the shops then double back when we got out of the marina.
Factories clustered around the far side of the marina and during the day there was a near constant sound of pressured air being released or a high pitched whine that sounded like an alarm.

We sat out the heatwave here, hanging towels and blankets outide the windows to block the worst of the sun. The bath came in handy for cooling us as well as the dogs.Read more