Day 5: Kegworth to Zouch

We move off from Kegworth and straight away meet groups of volunteers maintaining the locks.  At Kegworth Deep we were helped through by a party of about 10 Severn Trent Water staff who do 3 days per year volunteering in the local community.  This lock was the scene of a narrowboat sinking in 2014, when the steerer allowed the boat to catch on the cill - thankfully there were no fatalities.

Severn Trent Water volunteers

Canoeists on the River Soar - an increasingly popular pastime

 Coffee break on a beautiful stretch at Devil's Elbow

 The waterfront at Zouch

On the riverbank

We stopped on the pleasant overnight moorings at Zouch,  look for the bollards just before and beyond bridge 44.