We’ve spent today moored up, just as well as the weather has been a bit variable, some sunshine but mostly showers & quite strong winds.
We took Vera for a walk up through the old Ukrainian settlement. Just as we were discussing whether or not there is still any Ukrainian presence, we passed a vehicle with a clue!
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| Ukrainian? |
The local church is quite impressive but it’s the graveyard which is really interesting. It contains lots of old gravestones which are made of slate so that the inscriptions are still fairly readable even though they are in quite elaborately engraved. The age often gets given the biggest billing of any of the details, and many of them have little rhymes at the bottom. One of them is particularly spooky, which is difficult to read in the photo so copied below:
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| Spooky rhyme: |
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| Aged 21 yrs... |
Walking back to M in the rain we saw Jack in the Box, a 35ft cruiser heading towards the low bridge with its rear canopy still up. We decided to stay and watch, expecting either some very accurate steering or a mess! Just as the boat got to the bridge, the canopy folded forward just enough so that it fitted easily under the bridge & as it emerged on the other side, it went back up again. Very niftily done, especially as it was a chap on his own on the rear deck holding a dog! It’s the first time we’ve seen that technique & we were impressed. I don’t think we’ll be trying it though.
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| Jack in the Box approaching the bridge, canopy up.. |
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| out the other side, canopy up again |
We went in search of the steam crane used by the Bridging School in the war to build a suspension bridge, which unfortunately is long gone. We found it's remains covered in graffiti beside an impressive cast-iron bridge that used to carry the railway, but is now used by the Derby Cycle Route. There was also a small section of the old line.
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| Cast iron railway viaduct |
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| The Trent below |
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| Remains of the steam crane |
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| Old lines. Simon asked 'What's the point?' |
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