I know the blog is about the boat & boating but the spare parts for the Jabsco toilet had arrived up at Sawley Marina, only took four weeks! A direct order could have seen it arrive the next day. Another “learn from this” problem. Serendipitously, it meant that we could plan a day trip from Yelvertoft back to Sawley. A matter of a 50 mins drive up the M1. And, more importantly, visit Dave and his magnificent Lock Keepers Rest, micro pub. I asked him how successful he had been in the two lots of Thurs – Sunday openings and he said, very well indeed. In fact, he had sold out of every drop of beer and ciders!
Note he only opens Thurs (4 to 9:30), Fri & Sat (12 to 9:30) and Sun (12 to 4)
Here’s the man himself (with a nice group of kids we called The Famous Five Go Boozing!)
A lot of time & effort has gone into making this one of the best looking micro pubs I’ve ever seen. Love the “what’s on now” beer signs!
All the furniture was hand made by Dave and feels very cosy. Should be good in winter with the ex-boatman’s stove.
The beer & ciders are kept in a separate, cooled cellar. Nice tilting racks!
It’s in an odd but also ideal position. You can not drive to it but as you can see it is at the hub of the waterways and on a popular walking/cycling route.
There’s no web page yet but a good Facebook page that is updated with the beers
https://www.facebook.com/Thelockkeepersrest
We didn’t forget Toby, just around the corner is a lovely beach to give him a nice, clean swim in the river Trent.
