Well we are pretty chuffed with ourselves getting Ange De L’Eau back on the canals at the horrendous price of a Toque cuddle. This dog is starting to pay her way at long last! We walked down to the hire boat company which was a minute walk away and at first our reception from the … More Rowkin Marina Repairs – 9th August 2019

Going forward from today we are retracing our steps back to Reading. Once at Reading, we will hang a left, back onto the Thames and head north to Oxford and the Oxford Canal and NARROW LOCKS!!!! We are not quite sure what we will fill the blog in with as we do not want to … More Back to Bath – 8th August 2019

Whoa, did it pelt down with rain last night and this morning but then it was all clear by 9.30am. We got talking to another narrowboat couple moored next to us and he informed us that at 11.00am he was going out onto the tidal Avon and under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. If you read … More Bristol – Exceptionally Exciting Day – 7th August 2019

We realized that after we had moored up last night that we were actually right beside a storm outlet drain which wasn’t probably the wisest place to be. There was no rain forecast overnight and there were no other suitable moorings so we decided to take a risk – Lady Luck was on our side. … More Bath to Bristol – 6th August 2019

We awoke to the sound of rain upon the roof which was expected but then after an hour there was bright sunshine and yet another sunny day. Another win for us. Our day commenced with a walk into town which took approximately ten minutes. We did not realize that we were that close to the … More Bath – 5th August 2019

According to the guide we had five hours of cruising to make it to Bath. We decided we would leave about 9.00am which would give us the opportunity to stop a few times and view some suggested sites and still make Bath at a reasonable time. What we forgot to take into consideration was the … More Slow Float to Bath – 4th August 2019

Today was much more leisurely. We didn’t get cruising until 10.30amas both exhausted from the last two very long days. We had five hours of cruising with a few locks and swing bridges to go through. The purposes of the swing bridges are to usually connect farmers fields and access for the cows to the … More Making our way to Little Bath – 3rd August 2019

This follows on from our blog posting with regards to the Caen Flight. There are seven original wonders of the waterways which we have listed below. Between 2010 and now we have completed all of them. Recently, they seem to have replaced the Brindley Embankment with the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland but our belief is … More Original Seven Wonder of UK Canals – 2nd August 2019

We think this photo from our Pearson’s guidebook tells it all. This was our challenge for the day and this completed our set of the original seven wonders of the inland waterways in the UK. There will be an additional post tomorrow of what those seven wonders are. We had moored up at the top … More Caen Hill Flight – 2nd August 2019

Today was about getting off to a good start by being the first at the top of the locked Crofton Locks. We had a great three generation family pair up with us who were most entertaining. They had a 20 year old daughter who was training to be a physiotherapist but was also very keen … More Trying to Get Ahead of the Game – 1st August 2019