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 […]
After the shorter run yesterday, a long one for today.. hopefully the weather will be nice to us! Looks like there has been a service at some stage along this stretch.. Past Gulliver’s Land once more.. I really want to get chance to stop here – even if its just once! – And yes.. there […]
A shorter day than was planned.. we found a pub – called it and stopped.
Time to move on again – but first, move back to the water point.. avoiding those tree’s wanting to wipe the garden out! And a quick snap of the information board – showing roughly where were heading! And on to Bletchley.. passing what looks to be a delivery boat for Hingley & Sons (Netherton) Ltd! […]
A bit of a rude awakening this morning.. We were about to get ready to drop the lock and get moving when a boat came through. Fair enough – but.. this one had a boat tied up at the side (double breasted) and was also towing a third! With the side winds.. there was no […]
OK, The latest update from CRT is : Well.. Sod that! If CRT trust their bodge to re-assemble the gate so much that you cant be on the boat when it goes through.. I’m not taking my home through it. So – turning round was the best plan – direction is decided.. the boats […]
OK – No news from CRT, other than an update that states they don’t know if they can bodge the lock – so were turning round. We need to get a hire car this coming weekend, and if the lock was working, this was planned once we got nearer to Watford – but, as we […]
Went to sleep with no-one around.. woke with fishermen all around the boat!, from the marina past us and around both corners.. I guess we moored right in the middle of the planned competition location! It’s time to move off, and should only be 5 hours today.. but, with locks (16 of them!) and moored […]
OK – 1 night turned into 4.. so what! 🙂 We decided to stay a little longer, and move on at the weekend – which fits in better with work to be honest. And whilst still here, Dawson was trying to teach Shaemus how to “sort of” climb a tree.. which he was not […]
Were going to move on today – Anna and the kids don’t fancy a walk to Tesco’s, so were going to do the run with the boat, and get a good big shop in. It’s not the walk there, it’s the walk back carrying everything as the four wheel trolley only now has 2 wheels, […]
So.. Cat wrangling.. Tabitha is being a pain once more, and it took a while for her to come out of the hedge and get back onboard! So much so that we didn’t get moving until 2pm! but – we only have a few hours to do today – so as long as luck is […]
Engine service is done, it took a little while to get all the cat’s in, but there all now down below – so were good to go. We have a bit to do today – hopefully, there will be no issues! First stop… pump out time! So lets pull into Willowbridge Marina and get that […]
Were moving on tomorrow – but before then, the engine has been asking for a service for a while now, so as the rain has moved off, we should have a day where we can get this done.. Yesterday, CC re-packed the stern greaser – so that’s already one job off the list. Celeste!.. Can […]
Another morning of moving with luck, and there is yet more rain on its way – let’s see how long I can stay dry for today.. Two cats in.. two still out.. found them both hiding in the bow.. in you go.. time to move! And on route – a very interesting custom paint-job […]
Anna stated last night that we need to move from here.. I don’t know entirely why, but when she gets those feelings – it’s time to move on. There’s a few hours to do to get to Bletchley, so if we get a few done this morning, I can still get a full days work […]