27th to 30th July 2016 Well, what a wonderful few days we have had away from nb Lucy. No offence to nb Lucy though. We had always planned to take a couple of days away and go up to the Lakes District which is north of us. When we mentioned this to Nick he informed … More Yorkshire Dales Bound

Tuesday 26th July 2016 Very quick blog today. We split up with Di and Marlene going shopping in the new Liverpool 1 shopping center. Every store that you could imagine is there along with expensive prices. We wandered past the Cavern but it looked rather dark and foreboding so opted to find a coffee shop. … More Liverpool with all the Liverpudlians

Monday 25th July 2016 It was certainly surreal waking up this morning in the centre of Liverpool on our floating green machine. We certainly stand out amongst the swish and swanky privately owned boats. It is very rare for a hire boat to come into the docks as most hires are not long enough for … More Liverpool Docks

Sunday 24th July 2016 Big day today. As mentioned in previous blogs we had registered for our passage into Liverpool docks today. We needed an early start of 7.30 am as we were required to be at a swing bridge that was manned by CART staff. The same CART staff will be guiding us all … More Maghull into Liverpool

Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd July 2016 With the last two days of cruising on our almost final stretch into the Liverpool docks there is not a great deal to report. Well no dramas at least – thank goodness. It’s been pretty much cruisy cruising with no locks, a few swing bridges and overcast but rain … More Parbold to Maghull

Thursday 21st July 2016 Catch up day for housework and shopping. Di went off in a taxi to the local laundromat with two weeks worth of washing. There were two trolley loads of whiffy stuff requiring some serious attention. Fras stayed behind on the boat with the two pooches cleaning bathroom and vacuuming nb Lucy. … More Wigan to Parbold

19th and 20th July 2016 It’s been a rather hectic two days with guests on board. At last the weather has turned in our favour though a scorching 30c day sent us all for a sixer. We’ve spent the last few days cruising through some delightful countryside and have been going off the canal for … More Onto Wigan we went

Friday 15th July to Monday 18th July 2016 Apologies to our blog followers but have been a little recalcitrant in our postings. When you have additional people to be mindful of your usual routine becomes disrupted. Let’s start with the usual topic of the weather over the last four days. One can only but say … More Chorley via Burnley, Blackburn

Thursday 14th July 2016 Today was the day of our first group of guests were to join us as around midday. We spent the morning cleaning up nb Lucy and making her partially presentable. There is only so much you can do to an old girl to make her young again. The sky was a … More Foulridge to Nelson

Wednesday 13th July 2016 Big day today with Cameron leaving 10 and Theresa May moving in and Liz saying Bye and Hi. We will say no more about this except that it has the country riveted. Gosh it was cold this morning. It got down to about 7c overnight and as we were cruising from … More Day of Happenings