Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

Today, Mick and I enjoyed a 10-mile circular walk from Nottingham city centre along the Nottingham to Beeston Canal and then beside the mighty river Trent.

It was a misty start to the day as I drove through random patches of mist on the way to Micks, where we hopped on a bus into Nottingham. 20 minutes later we were off the bus and it didn’t take long to pick up the Nottingham to Beeston Canal. There is a good bricked towpath to walk on.

We passed a giant inflatable Halloween monster on a top of a building. It is part of the city’s annual Halloween Festival and there are several such monsters scattered around the city.

Further on we saw a much more typical canal sight – canal boats and old warehouse buildings.

The towpath was being used by cyclists, walkers and runners which was good to see, although it was annoying when cyclists came up behind us and didn’t ring a bell! Passing apartment blocks beside the canal we thought they were in a good spot and probably expensive too.

We passed quite a few boats on the approach to Nottingham Castle Marina, some were dilapidated and looked a mess. Smoke from the wood burners on other boats wafted in the air – not an unpleasant smell 😊.

A couple of chaps in a canoe went paddling past us at speed, their paddles seemed to move in perfect synchronicity.

The further away from the city we walked the quieter the towpath became.

Soon we met the point where we joined the river Trent at Beeston Lock. A large weir crossed part of the river. We took a quick look at the Canalside Heritage Centre that is there – it looked a nice spot to visit and had a cafe.

We followed a solid path along the river bank and enjoyed good views of the river. A couple of Herons were fishing.

I wasn’t expecting to do any limbo dancing on the walk but a fallen tree, from the recent stormy weather, meant that we had to.

As we neared the city graffiti was found under the road bridges – it looked artistic.

The river certainly has plenty of bird life along it, geese and swans were abundant.

We crossed over the Trent using the Wilford Suspension pedestrian bridge, also known as love lock bridge because it used to have hundreds of locks attached to it. These were removed by the Council because they were damaging the bridge. We noted that quite a few were reappearing!

Soon, we were waiting at the bus stop for the bus. It had been a very pleasant walk beside water.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶