OK – Time to get on the Thames! Were setting off early-ish this morning, as I don’t know what the mooring will be like at the lock – if it’s anything like 3 years ago, there should be loads of space to pull up before the lock landing. The Anchor was sorted last night, so […]
After the wind and rain yesterday, its a calm day today – yes, it does mean were looking at rain when were on the Thames, but with luck, we can get to Brentford today with very little rain or wind. As we set off we were waved off by the local greeting party 🙂 Onward, […]
Yep – It’s time to stay put. The wind has seen fit to ensure we cant get on the Thames on Saturday. If this wind wasn’t here, we could have gotten there – but, even if we did, the rain from the last week has also disrupted the Thames itself with most sections on yellow, […]
For the first time in a long while, Tabitha is refusing to come in this morning. Not sure why, she has the ache about something! But, eventually, all cats are on-board and were moving. First stop – Bridgewater Boats for a pump out and a splash of diesel to see us through to the end […]
Another long one planned for today – if we can get to where we expect, the plan is that we get the same done tomorrow, and we should arrive at Uxbridge Lock just as they are finishing the works – which will then allow 1 day to get to Thames Lock, and on the Thames […]
First job – post office.. and some supplies.  Post office was done – not so much on the supply front, ah well.. First lock done, and just as we left, another boat arrived, so we said we would wait at the next lock for them so we could both use the same lock of […]
It was a quiet night when we eventually got to sleep, the residential boats opposite were complaining about the security light on the side of the boat when the dogs went out for their last walk of the day – so I went down the side of the boat to cover it up for them […]
After the rain and hail that arrived just after we moored, today looks to be a nice one, although the forecast is for more rain – so were going to move on and possibly call it an early day depending on the weather. It’s a Sunday after all, so lets not make it a long […]
The forecast torrential downpour for Saturday did not arrive.. so were moving on. There is not a lot in this one, just a few photo’s on route as it did rain a little, and the camera and phones were away for most of the journey. You may remember these three boats from last year – […]
It did not stop raining all night, and didn’t stop enough for us to pay a visit to St. Peters Church either, but there you go. Looking at the weather report, we should have a clear day today, but Saturday looks like a very wet one so were looking to moor up and I am […]
After a quiet night just outside the tunnel, its time to move on. The met office is predicting rain this afternoon, so we want to get these locks done and out of the way before it arrives.. Lock 18 was being worked on, much to the dismay of a pair of boats coming up the […]
It wasn’t exactly the quietest night we have had on the boat, what with a train line 100ft away and high speed trains whooshing past every 30 minutes or so – but.. the advantage we have – is we can move – and that’s what it’s time for! Past Church street, where the church makes […]
OK, that’s it – Dawson is no longer allowed of the boat for the rest of the day.  He left to go to the post office.. it poured it down and only stopped once he put one foot back on the boat. But, it’s time to say our goodbyes to Braunston – we have a […]
Well – a long-ish day planned for today as we need to get to Braunston – as we have a table booked at the boathouse for 4pm – so, with a little rain forcast, but a lot of wind – and oh boy was it windy! It’s time to get a move on! Firstly.. Marston […]
Time to get another day done, but not too early a start! It’s a dryer day than yesterday thankfully – but it’s a lot windier.. First off – we need to get through Cladon flight of locks. It took a little while, but no where near as long as last time when we were in […]