18th September 2016 It’s certainly starting to cool down and most noticeably in the mornings. When we first started in late May it was cool and Maples wasn’t prepared to sleep on the floor in her crate and insisted upon being up on the bed with me. This was most unusual for her as she … More Lowsonford to Hockley Heath

17th September 2016 No internet connection last night at Lowsonford which was our final stop for the day. As predicted, it was a long day with many locks – 26 to be exact, but at least they were all single locks. It was extremely busy for the first 4 or so hours as there were … More Stratford-Upon-Avon to Lowsonford

16th September 2016 Last night was a quiet affair for Di as Fras did his evening dash into Birmingham and back again to see Aggers and Tuffers. (If you don’t know who that is then you don’t know anything about Cricket and this blog is certainly not the place to start trying to explain it … More Stratford Upon Avon with Sue and Steve

  15th September 2016 We needed an early start today as wanted to get into Stratford-on-Avon in the early afternoon as Fras was off to Birmingham tonight to a concert. Alas though, the heavy fog this morning was not co-operating and we were unable to get away until 9.30am. We spent the time waiting having … More Bidford-on-Avon to Stratford-on-Avon

14th September 2016 This morning we bid adieu to nb Waiouru and her crew of Tom and Jan and headed into the lovely town of Evesham for a bit of a squiz. In the photo below, try not to compare nb Lucy to nb Waiouru as that is like comparing a Model T-Ford against an … More Evesham to Bidford-on-Avon

13th September 2016 This is what it is all about – waking up to a scene like this. It was so warm this morning even the dude in front of us had his shirt off. Not sure what it is about Englishmen ripping their shirts off for all and sundry but someone needs to let … More Eckington Bridge to Evesham

9th to 12th September 2016 Not quite sure where to start with this blog as it has been a few days and recalling lost file space for the previous four days is going to be rather difficult. We have been very busy with a lot of locks, additional crew members and covering some mileage as … More Stock Wharf onto the River Avon

8th September 2016 Record breaking day today of 34 locks!!!! Whoa!!!! Below is the page from our Pearson’s guide that gives you some indication of what we tackled today. It has helped that we had fine weather and fresh lock slaves. It didn’t take long to get into a good routine with Pete assisting Fraser, … More Tardebigge Locks to Stock Wharf

7th September 2016 Oops, another addendum but to yesterday’s blog this time. The photo of the church in yesterday’s blog was of St Nicolas in Kings Norton. And what may you ask is the significance of this rather mundane looking church. Well, the Rev W. Awdry of Thomas the Tank Engine fame was a curate … More Kings Norton to top of Tardebigge Locks

6th September 2016 What we need to confess to is our overindulgence last night. The one saving grace is that we all shared it. Quite the catastrophe for the lining of our arteries. So cruisy start to the day as needed to let Peter and Nadine catch up on some lost zzz’s. Fed them breakfast … More Birmingham to Kings Norton