Almost 4 WEEKS! We got here almost 4 weeks ago!! And we have had enough. Yes.. it’s not been that bad to be honest, with the use of the toilets and the shower facilities, wood from the builders, coal from the garden centre (when we had a car!), the daily water run with old 2ltr […]
We have been here a few days now – wood stocks are being slowly re-supplied by the builders donating pallets that they get deliveries with – so were OK there for a while. Anna’s happily keeping them sweet with coffee and bacon sarnies – so its always good to be friendly with the temporary neighbours.. […]
So – After spending weeks being stuck at Sandford Lock, and every day looking at the weather and the flow conditions, we decided to leave it to today – and then go for it. It’s been a few days with no rain, the levels below the lock don’t seem to be dropping after the torrent […]
So.. The car has gone back – the boards went red 1 day before that happened – and still are! We ran out of diesel on Friday – (happy birthday Anna) – I knew we were low – but… so the early start of showers for all and move the boat over to the pub […]
So the rain yesterday and last night.. and a lot of it there was.. has had the obvious result that the river levels are rising – and with rising water levels comes the obvious opening of the weir gates.. and with that.. stronger water flows – when checking the River Thames conditions web site – […]
After all the wind and the rain last night.. I came out from the boat expecting to see not a lot left on the roof! But thankfully all the pots were still there, even if a few were now on their side. However: The tall pot on the bow was no where to be seen.. […]
The plan today was to get to Abingdon-on-Thames – the current against us whilst moving upstream had other ideas.. And no.. before you ask.. there are not a lot of people emptying out their bath water into the Thames.. the froth is from the water getting aerated over the weir! – we know.. being moored […]
CAT! CAT! CAT! “Loony-toon” escaped.. twice.. whilst we were getting ready to get moving as the boards have not changed yet – but were expecting them too.. Chances are there still red simply because the lockie is not on duty yet.. And yes.. the boards are now yellow.. and Luna is securely locked in […]
The day was going oh so well.. We set off from Caversham once the stream warning board changed to yellow. Thankfully, we still had all the cats in from the night before – with the nights getting colder, there not interested in spending all the night out! ( thankfully ) We managed to get 6.7 […]
Well that’s that then! The day was going oh so well too.. Set off early this morning to get clear of the K&A, get upstream to Goring lock for Friday night, and possibly Saturday night.. Managed to get down Fobney lock before a work boat and butty that were double breasted got there, not that […]
Just about got a signal this morning to allow me to log into the CRT web site and amend the booking before the 10am cut off.. Set off at 10:30 to get to the lock.. working on the thought that if we get there early, we can moor on the lock landing for an hour […]
It’s a Saturday morning.. the car was booked until Tuesday.. but with bugger all signal here – I think we need to move.. so the car has gone back early (with a refund for the unused days) and were good to go. I’m also back in the bad books.. the toilet tanks full and we […]
We knew that we were not going far until 12pm today.. as the locks would not be open.. so we set off about 11:30 – plenty of time to get to the locks before noon and hopefully be the first down.. Were we the first down.. no chance.. There were 5 waiting to go down.. […]
I will be needing a car for the end of this week and a few phone calls have dictated that we need to go down the Montgomery Canal, as there is a hire company in Owestry and they will pick me up from Queen’s Head – so its a call to the CRT to book […]
Time to move on from Ellesmere.. its been 3 days of rain here, with some hail mixed in – but that’s because Anna got woken up by someone on a boat banging and clanking about – waking her up.. Funnily enough.. the weather report is stating sun with mixed showers now.. but that’s because she’s […]