For nearly a week now we have been hearing about a severe heat wave heading towards the UK and the press have been putting out a lot of warnings. Today it is expected to reach 32c, so we decided for a quick breakfast and then out on the cut as soon as possible This is … More Lock Slaves put to work –  17th July 2022

For some reason, we were awake before 5.00am so decided to poke our heads up to see what the sunrise was like. It had dropped down to 10c so we had the lovely effect of mist on the surface of the water. It was our last morning in the marina so made use of all … More Precursor to Tomorrow –  16th July 2022

Today our good friends Karen and Miles arrived from London via Leicester as Miles son was graduating from the Leicester University. Miles will be with us until until Monday morning whilst Karen will be with us for ten days. We spent most of the day putting the final touches to cleaning the boat and organising … More Lock Slaves Arrive –  15th July 2022

It was a matter of turning onto the Droitwich Canal this morning and down three locks to the Droitwich Spa Marina which we have booked in for the next two nights. We have never booked into a marina like this before but we have a number of chores to do on the boat as well … More Domestic Day –  14th July 2022

It is wonderful to be back on the canals. It is not to say that we don’t like the rivers but the canals are where our hearts are. We start each day tendering to our flower beds which have been blossoming extremely well. Of course you would flourish if you were being given the optimum … More Worcester and Birmingham Canal –  13th July 2022

Plan for today. We are going to attempt to go from Gloucester to Worcester in one day which will take about seven hours. Should we pass Upton-Upon-Severn and see a free mooring we might pull in there for the night as it is only just over two hours to Worcester and we would have broken … More THE SEVERN BORE –  12th July 2022

Plans today were to head back to Gloucester. Thought it a good time to give you an overall plan as to where we have been to date. So we started up near Manchester and following the red line it will take you to Sharpness where the red cross is. To help with your geography, we … More “Time to Reverse” –  11th July 2022

Thankfully it cooled down enough last night so that we could get some sleep. Not only is the hull of the boat metal but also the top outer shell, so on warm days it can turn into a right little hot box. Not a great start to the day. We set off at 10.30am which … More “Here Be Dragons” –  10th July 2022

Our first task of the day was to go and visit the National Waterways Museum which opened at 10.00am. Docked within the confines of the museums ground was this delightful boat called Queen Boadicea II. What was very interesting was that she saw action in the Second World War as one of the Dunkirk Little … More To Frampton-on-Severn-  9th July 2022

We very quietly snuck off our mooring at 8.30am so as not to wake Helen and John. It was not long before we had the trusty umbrella up but there wasn’t a lot we could do about the reflection from the water. We had two locks to negotiate today and the first being the Upper … More To Gloucester-  8th July 2022