We departed Goole on Saturday morning bound for Grimsby and had a nice calm run. There were quite a few motor cruisers out on the Humber, some of which were bound for Glanford Boat Club at Brigg.
Usually when we visit Grimsby, we like to make our way to the river front and allow the dogs a good run on the beech at low water. Last time we visited we were unable to do this as it was closed off due to construction of the new sea wall. This has now been completed and this enables the public to walk to Cleethorpes instead of walking along the busy road.
Whilst at Grimsby we had been weather watching with a view to going to sea to visit Wells next the Sea. Whilst the forecast would have given us a reasonable trip down, later in the week a deep low pressure was forecast, this meant we would have had to have returned to the Humber on Wednesday. We would have preferred to either spend more time in Wells and visit Kings Lynn also, so we reluctantly decided to head back to Hull Marina and plan B came into operation. We departed Grimsby on Sunday morning and ran up river at a steady 8 knots, arriving at a deserted visitors pontoon at Hull Marina.
On Monday morning we departed Hull for the River Trent bound for Cromwell Lock. We were unsure whether Hull Marina would be able to pen us out at all, as the top lock gate had suffered a serious mechanical failure after penning us in the day before. We had been made aware that it may be a case of us being trapped in Hull for the week. We love Hull, but after a few days it wears a bit thin and we want to be moving again. Fortunately, the lock keeper with the aid of two other staff managed to pen us out. The lock is now closed to traffic this week...it always pays to phone ahead.
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