You know that nursery rhyme that goes “..and the little one says, roll over” – that is exactly how it can feel on a canal boat when four of you are squeezed into a 6’4” wide 57’ long narrowboat. For us four though, we are a well oiled machine. We were up by 7.30am with … More Back on the Grand Union Canal – 3rd September 2019

Zero to comment on as we were moored in Welton Hythe marina for the day. We spent the morning cleaning and tidying up and also polishing the boat. This last activity was pretty tough but the end result was well worth the effort. W+M arrived at midday and after a bit of catch up and … More Welcome Back on Board – 2nd September 2019

Our last day. There was only a couple of hours of cruising today to get back to the Marina at Welton Hythe. We started by heading up the six wide beam locks in Braunston on our own, even though we waiting half an hour for a dancing partner. All the locks were in our favour … More And So It Ends – 1st September 2019

There really isn’t a great deal to write about on our tour hour cruise from Napton on the Hill to Braunston except to say that we were utterly stunned to discover we had no Wi-Fi connection. Braunston is one of the biggest canal hubs which is why we were surprised. Our cruise was along some … More Penultimate Day – 31st August 2019

Apologies for the late posting but we had no WiFi yesterday. Maybe it is because we are on the summit but today it has been wild and windy causing us to hang onto the tiller with dear life. The canal is exceptionally busy and at times difficult to pass oncoming boats as they are being … More Wild, Windy, Weather – 30th August 2019

Well today started out as we had ended up yesterday in the excellent company of Lesley and Mike. We made our way to their home at 9.00am and did not leave until 12.30pm. In that time we had tea and cake and spent the whole time nattering. Some of it was certainly about the canals … More Fond Farewell – 29th August 2019

It was a very full day with lots of different activities happening. We wandered back to the centre of the town of Banbury to where the lock that the deer had fallen in yesterday. The deer had been removed and talking to some people at the lock this morning, they informed us that it was … More Good Drinking Buddies 2016 – 28th August 2019

We did manage to get going by 8.30am, as still trying to beat the heat. Today was predicted to be 28c and with three hours of cruising required we were keen to get going. We went through our second diamond lock this morning and it is fortuitous as our long time blog followers Mike and … More Deer in a Lock – 27th August 2019

Poor Fras and Toque got dragged out of bed by Di at 7.00am. She was keen to get cruising as it was forecast as another scorcher of a day and we had three hours cruising to get to Aynho Wharf. There is a lot to be said for being on a canal in the early … More Bonzer Day – 26th August 2019

Think we have used that heading before but after today it deserves to be used twice. The predicted temperature was 30c but it got up to 32c and once again just sapped the energy out of us. We were fortunate as part of the cruise today from Thrupp to Lower Heyford was under a gorgeous … More Hot, Hot, Hot – 24th August 2019