After our drink in the pub last night with Kevin we decided that we would head off early in the morning due to his travel commitments and our desire to get just a little ahead of schedule. So it was up at 8.00am which was a very good idea as the deepest lock on the … More Getting Close Now – 11th July 2019

A big treat for us, well Di anyway, was that New Zealand the underdogs beat India in the One Day World Cricket Semi final. We will find out tomorrow, providing not rain interrupted, if NZ will play England or Australia on Sunday. The blog on Sunday will be coming from a pub as we will … More Go the Kiwis – 10th July 2019

As we make our way towards London we are going down from the Tring Summit which is creating quite a number of locks to negotiate each day. We have been twinning up with a chap in his 41 foot boat for the last couple of days to help him with all the locks. It also … More Lock and more Locks – 9th July 2019

Our first lock presented us with a bit of a Swan problem. Right in front of the closed lock gates was an adult swan with six cygnets. Mean while, at the actual lock winding mechanism stood another adult swan showing some very aggressive behaviour. When these guys stand to their full height they are not … More Swan Attack – 8th July 2019

Locks galore today. We set off at 9.30am and straight away went into a lock. Over the next three miles we did six locks and one swing bridge followed by another nine locks in a mile and a half.

We got through the three locks at Solbury fairly early which was a good thing as we were aware that this is a gongoozlers favourite haunt. When starting off for the locks there were two fierce centurions standing guard who were feigning sleep. Even Toque knew not to try and tackle these two. Being a … More Leighton Buzzard – 6th July 2019

Our day started with an early morning cruise of an hour to Fenny Stratford. Gotta love these British village names. Not a particularly endearing town as it has been swallowed up by Milton Keynes and rather characterless. The purpose for our lay over was that it was only a two kilometre walk out to Bletchley … More The Imitation Games – 5th July 2019

Today was mostly about cruising and catching up some hours to get us back on schedule as we had slipped behind just slightly. The area we are going through is a suburban sprawl called Milton Keynes. Many of you may have heard of this place but a bit more about that shortly. Our first bit … More Cosgrove to Milton Keynes – 4th July 2019

Oooops, rather slow off the mark this morning. We didn’t awake until 10.30am!! The bedroom cabin can be made very dark indeed which we optimized on. Our plan was to wander down to the canal museum in Stoke Bruerne which we decided was still doable as we only had four hours of cruising to do … More Only Mad Dogs and Englishmen Go Out in the Midday Sun – 3rd July 2019

Considering we were wedged in between the M1 and rail line last night, we slept remarkably well. First order of the day after breakfast was to take Toque for a walk down to the bottom lock and check out the lay of the land. On our return it was time to water Marlene’s beautiful flowers … More Stoke Bruerne Bound – 2nd July 2019