Awoke to pounding rain on the roof so decided to continue inspecting the inside of our eyelids until it abated. We arose at 9.00am and after a quick breakfast we headed out to Kupp Coffee House for our morning cuppa and then our planned walk to Kensington Palace and Gardens. We didn’t realize that you … More Big Bucket List Day – 20th July 2019

Weather forecast was not looking encouraging so this being a museum/gallery day was a good decision. We opted to split our day with Di doing the morning session whilst Fras did the afternoon session. We can’t really leave Toque on the boat on her own as we would return to find the police having broken … More Galleries of Different Kinds – 19th July 2019

We set off in drizzly weather from Limehouse back to Paddington Basin at 8.30am. Not the most pleasant of weather to be cruising in but then it got very heavy and we both got pretty much drenched. The only one to remain dry was Toque – of course. Once the weather gods had decided they … More Back to Paddington Basin – 19th July 2019

So our plans today were to leave Paddington Basin and head off to Limehouse Basin. Limehouse Basin is where you leave the canal and go out onto the Thames River. The Thames River at this point is very tidal and busy with commercial and leisure traffic. Will continue on with this theme a little later … More Off to the Thames River – 17th July 2019

We had an appointment at the dog groomers this morning at 10.00am so that dictated the start of our day. The closest one we had found was four blocks from here in Hyde Park Square. Don’t think we could have found a more exclusive or expensive one. After dropping Toque off we did mention her … More Mixed Bag Today – 16th July 2019

Another day of pavement pounding. We walked nearly 15 kilometres of which Toque probably did 10k. She starts to drag behind on her lead so it is then into the lay down mode in your arms until she recovers. We lift her up if there are too many people about as it can be quite … More Just Stumps Now – 15th July 2019

We awoke to rain on the roof which meant we left a little later on our wanderings than we had originally planned. We used the time to help our neighbours cast off as they were heading to Limehouse and moor our boat next to the floating jetty. We walked over to Hyde Park which is … More Stumps for Knees – 14th July 2019

Our plan whilst in London was to visit locations we have not been to before and we started off with a bound in our step. We were out pavement pounding by 9.30am. We caught the bus down to the Camden Markets which was about 20 minutes away from where we are at in Paddington Basin. … More Stumps for Feet – 13th July 2019

Here is the promised video of our morning on the canal 10th July 2019.  

What a day!! Reflecting back on how far we came yesterday, it was a great decision to come as far as we did. According to our Pearson’s guide it should take four hours to do the Paddington Arm of which we had already done an hour. Little did we know we would be significantly slowed … More Olde London Towne – 12th July 2019