After several long days of moving, locks & various incidents!.. Time to stay put and relax for a day or two.. possibly through to the weekend. Suns out, solar panels have the batteries fully charged.. 4G signal good and strong.. with only the occasional train to break the chirping of the birds in the trees.. […]
Set off this morning with Dawson driving for the day as I needed to get some work done.. (A life afloat is good – but work does keep getting in the way) – and a very good drive it was. Easy all the way, good with locks – and even dealing with the cross wind […]
Well.. thats the cherwell stretch upstream from Shipton weir lock done.. Boards all red again and the snow had not started to melt yet.. so it was a choice to do this now.. before the snow does melt and the amount of water going into the Cherwell increases more than it is now…. upstream is […]
After a week in Oxford.. The Thames still on flood and strong stream alert with 1 lock still closed for maintenance and the lock at the entrance to the Kennett & Avon canal still closed with at least 20 boats each side queuing to get through.. so the Thames is delayed for a month at […]
And it was all going so well.. 12.3miles down today.. almost into Thrupp.. Arrived at Bakers Lock to find that the River Cherwell has a strong stream warning and red lights for “do not proceed”.. so were forced to wait until tomorrow.. with luck we can continue tomorrow morning. So we settled down and.. once […]
Its time to say goodbye to Banbury. Yes – we could stay until the 16th which is when the winter mooring runs out and we have to move on.. but were getting travel twitchy – so its time to head south to spend a week in Oxford, and then onto the Thames for the Kennett […]
Just back from Cropredy.. diesel tanks re-filled (after the polish) and a quick stop over at Tesco to stock up on food etc.. Stopping in the centre of Banbury tonight.. then were off.. summer cruise here we come.. and if the weather holds like this.. an enjoyable summer it will be !
OK.. 1 day before “the beast” hit.. I had the fuel in the boat “polished”.. mainly to get rid of the rust that I knew was in the bottom of the tanks. It was a bit costly.. and took 6 hours to do (as we have two tanks), but was well worth it as it […]
Well.. the last two days failed to freeze the canal totally.. until last night. Its now 2″ thick and the boats locked in solid.. and the kids are complaining about feeling land sick 🙂 as “the boats not moving like it should”. The weather report states its going to remain above freezing for the next several […]
What with the side winds & the weather it had to happen sooner or later… Yes.. Whilst attempting to moor up at the service berth in Cropredy.. the side winds kept blowing the boat around and away from the birth.. by the time I eventually managed to get the centre rope.. it was not long […]