Another morning run needed today, from one 24 hour mooring to another.. All the cats were back on late last night, so we didn’t have to hang around setting off. Pulled out and made our way to Molesey Lock, up and through the lock and onto the landing stage which has a water point. No […]
Time to move on.. our ‘slight’ overstay on this 24 hour mooring is up – and I’m fed up with the concrete taking chunks out of my paintwork (must remember to get some descent large fenders when I can).. so onto Hampton Court we go – hopefully there will be a spot for us there.. […]
Another quick relocation yesterday after Anna arrived back from a party at Jo Jo’s.. We had to wait as there are rowers all over the place practising and training.. so waited for them to clear before pulling out. Staying here today (with luck) as were expecting Lisa and Sarah to pop in and say hello […]
Quick run this morning just to move from John Lewis over to the Richmond side of the river. Whilst it was surprisingly quiet last night.. its still not dog and cat friendly having a 6 foot wall next to the boat – and no grass.. so we moved over to the other side as […]
Saw this by the lock at Brentford.. had to take a photo.. 🙂 And now.. over to our guest bloggers for this edition (I’m driving.. there logging! ) ( By Dawson ) I woke up and heard Keith and Anna talking and, of course by accident, i fell back to sleep, and then suddenly i […]
Set off this morning from the other side of the bridge.. leaving the burnt out boat behind us.. so heartbreaking looking at what’s left.. The owners of the wide-beam came by just before we left and thanked us for moving the boat away from the burning fire – as they were 5 year live-aboards and […]
So – a interesting afternoon – of sorts.. I’m on holiday this week so we can focus on the Thames.. Anna arrived back from her Bank Holiday away.. we got the cats aboard, and all the dogs.. were starting to think about moving on and got called out of the boat by Dawson at […]
Set off early today to get to the marina, get everything done there, and get to Wolf Bridge (203) for mid-day – so Anna can collect the car for her bank holiday away with Lori.. Got to the marina.. went in – realised that the services berth was outside on the main canal – so […]
Time to move on from a very nice location in Cowley.. Its been a good week here, even though we were moored under tree’s – the solar panels still did a reasonable job.. just need to clean the bird crap off them now to get them back to peak performance! More cat wrangling required this […]
Time to move the boat, the week in Slough has come to an end, and to be honest, fears about the boat getting trashed or turned into a graffiti canvas were unfounded… so maybe we will give the Slough Arm another go later in the year.. but I’m still staying clear of the end of […]
A Weekend of moving was the plan so that I could be as close to the Data Centre as possible, meaning I could get a cab there, instead of hiring a car! Theres a canal in Slough – so why not use it. Because its hardly used and littered with rubbish.. that’s why you should […]
And just when you are settling into bed.. Splosh.. knock knock.. splish.. Yep.. cats gone in again.. between the boat and the bank this time.. But no.. it was this little fella.. so fished him out.. wrapped up to dry off.. and sent on his way again.. with some of Anna’s chicken soup 🙂
Another glorious day today.. time to move on – as we now have all the cats back on board.. As the engine is running.. and our target for this afternoon is another water point.. the washing machines on – may as well use the electricity generated by the engine whilst moving (better than running it […]
We were supposed to be moving on today.. but.. a half asleep Dawson left the doors open when taking the dogs out in the morning, and let the cats out.. So.. after several hours of cat wrangling trying to get Tiggy back in.. we may need to call it a day and wait until tomorrow! […]
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.. […]