As predicted, we awoke to the patter of rain on the metal roof of the boat. It was coming down quite heavily and our plan for the day was to maybe stay here all day and catch up with some friends of Marlene and Wolfgangs. We went into Crick to do a little bit of … More Wednesday 30th August – Crick to Crick Tunnel

Such a different day from yesterday. No sun at all today with heavy murky skies and the lightest of rain occasionally. The weather is just so variable in England but we can liken it to the weather in New Zealand because they are both island countries. Four seasons in four hours is not unheard of! … More Tuesday 29th August – Welford to Crick

Magnificent day for a canal cruise. It has the lovely little nip to the air to indicate that autumn is on its way. We both slept very well last night and actually hit the sack at 9.30pm which is awfully early for us. It was probably a combination of the stressful drive to Birmingham city, … More Monday 28th August – Foxton to Welford

Well today commences Phase 12 which is the final phase of the European Odyssey. Our challenge today is to drive from Wolverhampton into the heart of downtown Birmingham to drop off the red Italian racing 🚗. From here, a very hot and sweaty walk to New Street Railway Station where we catch the 12.22 pm … More Sunday 27th August – Wolverhampton to Market Harborough

Our last full R+R day before we set off on our final phase 12. We mucked around the house with John and Lynne whilst Di taught Lynne and Fras the first steps to becoming a Sudoku master. After a lesson each you could tell that their brains were pretty much fried for the remainder of … More Saturday 26th August – Oh, so lazy a day

Friday 25th August Great day spending it with friends Doreen, John and Lynne. For a bit of a recall for all, Doreen is the mum of Fraser’s great skiing buddy, Ian back in Calgary. These are two old codgers in their 50’s who continue thinking that they are young bucks burning up the Lake Louise … More Friday 25th August – Doreen, John and Lynn

Nothing of great consequence to report. The drive down the M6 was uneventful except for the amazing queues of traffic going north and south. According to the news report today Englands population increased by 250,000 persons in the last 12 months which is 80,000 down from last year – how can such a small island … More Thursday 24th August – Drive to Wolverhampton

It was probably our first day off in a while where we did the absolute minimum required of us. A very slow start to the morning. Dragged ourselves upstairs at 10.00am followed by a two hour breakfast and a load of washing. That has been really good here in that we have been able to … More Wednesday 23rd August – Lazy Day

Excitement in the Rowkin household this morning even though we had to drag our tired bodies out of our cots at the ungodly hour of 6.00am. Last year when Chris and Cath took us to the RibbleHead Viaduct and told us about the steam train journeys you could do in the area our interest was … More Tuesday 22nd August. – Day on a Steam Train

For some of you who followed the blog last year the word Feizor may ring a bell. This is where we stayed for three nights with our good friend Nick who had joined us at Liverpool to spend some time on nb Lucy with us. Nick had some family relatives who lived in this little … More Monday 21st August – Day trip to Feizor