It’s been another week of sunshine, and the solar panels and batteries are starting to enjoy the coming summer. It’s been nice having sun on the panels all day until 6pm – being able to have the inverter on without having to keep an eye on voltages and wonder when the engine needs to go […]
It’s been a weekend of working on the boat ready for our run to the Thames. Saturday it was the turn of both fan belts, Oil, Oil Filter and the fuel filters. Celeste did a good job getting it all swapped out. Now I just need to get some more spare belts to replace the […]
Yup – were still in Banbury, and will be for a little while. We did a Cropredy run and pulled up short at Bourton Lock for the night so that Anna could raid the bankside of all the herbs she needs, the following day, just as we were getting ready to set off.. A flotilla […]
It’s been 5 months since the last blog entry, and guess what.. were still in Banbury. What with arriving here months ago, the Banbury area going into tier 4 (which meant we could not move), the “unsociable” Christmas everybody had last year, and then the third lockdown aka The Nightmare After Christmas – we haven’t […]
The last job on the list is to get the toilet tank pumped out. We got diesel & water yesterday, just need to empty the other one now! Were not in a rush today, it’s a reasonable one, not too cold or wet and managed to get some work done to start whilst I wait […]
Well, the water tank is dry, and has been for 2 days now. The fuel tank is almost dry and were expecting Dusty the fuel boat to come though some day soon… We have also been waiting to get the car back, so were safe to move the boat – which was done this morning, […]
Were settled at Hennef Way, and the rain is still not going away completely. But that doesn’t matter to anything but the wet washing.. a hire car is arranged, the fire will be lit soon (after a quick re-organisation from summer to winter storage modes within the boat) and the weir here is flowing very […]
It’s a services run today.. out and back through Banbury, turning at the “Banbury Tramway” moorings, and back to Hennef Way. There were quite a few boats moving down Banbury lock though.. and it takes a while to fill our tank, so apologies if any were hoping to get water before using the lock.. sorry.. […]
Its our usual Cropredy to Hennef Way run today.. Nothing flash, just the track! ( And a photo of when we got there ! ) And.. whilst the above are lovely and sedate.. the weather did not stay that way.. 2 days later, and were not moving in this!
Time to move on from Fenny Compton… First things first, get through the Fenny Compton tunnel that’s known as the tunnel with a view!.. Mainly because it was opened up but the channel is still very narrow, and as expected.. there is a boat coming the other way so time to squeeze into one of […]
Boat after boat after boat is coming up the lock and heading for the ones that only opened at 10am.. This doesn’t bode well for a speedy trip through Marston Doles.. and the worries were founded when we got there.. 10th in a queue waiting to get up those two locks.. Were only just through […]
After a visit to The Boathouse last night (can’t come to Braunston and not go after all!) and an entertaining afternoon, evening and morning – it’s time to get moving. First things first though, time for a pump out before we head down the Oxford, as there are not many places where we can get […]
Were hoping to get a gap in Braunston today – which we will need some luck for.. as a spot in Braunston, on an August summers day will be difficult to find.. It’s been a nice few days rest here, the trees that don’t overhang the boat and block the solar panels, do overhang the […]
I took a while for the cats to realise we were waiting for them to come back onboard so we could get going.. but eventually we could move on! And.. I’ll own up – I cant remember what happened on this day.. it’s taken a month for me to get to add this to the […]
After becoming the usual part of the tourist attraction, which always happens when we moor up at a popular spot – it’s time to move on – first however, time to backup to the water point and top off the water tank at the water point above the lock and opposite the canal museum. It […]