It was meant to be another one of those days where there would not be a lot to blog about, but once again we have been proven wrong. We were up early and cruising by 8.00am which was a record for us so far. We had 13 miles to cover to get into Manchester plus … More Manchester –  10th June 2022

Well, what we thought was going to be a slow and quiet day turned into something totally different. We set off from Runcorn with Di trying to get her 10,000 steps in for the day, and Fraser following in hot pursuit (as you can only but do in a canal boat). She managed to walk … More To Lymm We Did Go –  9th June 2022

We were dreading cruising today as the weather forecast from last night showed that it would be raining all night and also right throughout the next day. It is not that enjoyable hanging off the back of a canal boat in the sopping rain with balancing tiller, brolly and a warming cuppa. Thankfully though, the … More New Ground for Us –  8th June 2022

First full day of cruising and in beautiful, sunny, and scenic conditions. Just wanted to add in a bit of footage of the areas we are going through. We are not that far from Manchester, which dredges up images of black buildings, pollution and overcrowded housing which isn’t true anymore and certainly not in the … More Shroppie Canal to Middlewich Canal –  7th June 2022

There have been some interesting machinations occurring with regards to our planned route. Our goal back in 2016 was to go by narrowboat over, under and around the Pennines. We achieved under and around but not over due to damage caused by severe winter storms on the Rochdale Canal. This trip our plans are to … More Part 2 – 6th June 2022

Not very much to report here except that after having breakfast at Weatherspoon’s in Falkirk, we drove back to the marina and handed Yasmin back to them – in one piece! It was then a drive back down to the Scottish/English border to the Over Water marina where we had left the boat moored for … More Falkirk back to Base – 4th June 2022

As readers of the blog from a few days ago may be aware, Kirkintillock (or Kirky to the locals) is the home of the Firth and Clyde’s resident squadron of killer swans. We reported back a few days how they awoke us very early in the morning with their incessant pecking on the narrow boats … More Kirky to Falkirk – 3rd  June 2022 – Attack of the killer swans – part 2

We haven’t explained that the planning of our travel days work around the Scottish Waterways and Volunteers providing us with passage under road bridges and locks. Today we can only travel as far back as Kirkintilloch as after that there are the two road bridges that the Scottish Waterways has to man. Hence, our day … More Return Journey to Kirky – 2nd June 2022

We had all done our own separate research about what to see and do in Glasgow and we all came up with the same answers – not a lot! If you google the top 10 things to do in Glasgow, you will find eight of them are outside of the city. We even sought the … More Hop On – Hop Off, Glasgow – 1st June 2022

A very rude awakening this morning at the ungodly hour of 6.00am courtesy of one vengeful swan family. Mum, dad and five ankle biters decided they didn’t want us around their territory any longer so began banging their beaks on the side of the hull where our bedrooms are. It isn’t that unusual, as they … More Kirky To Glasgow – 31st May 2022