During last night the temperature dropped by 14c which meant we were able to get some sleep and today we cruised with overcast skies, cool breeze and a high of 25c which was just perfect after yesterday. All the boaters we talked to today were all complaining as to how hot it got inside their … More Off to Visit George and Amal – 26th July 2019

An addition from last night. It was so hot after we moored that we decided to go for a walk around Windsor at 7.30pm. This was only a small example of how many swans, Canadian geese and ducks there are hanging around. The surface of the Thames is covered in their feathers from there preening. … More Horribly, Horribly HOT – 25th July 2019

We didn’t manage to get a photo of Hampton Court Palace yesterday as we moored in at 8.30pm when the light was fading. We rectified that issue this morning by taking Toque up the bank to do her morning ablutions and check out Henry VIII little folly. The place was still all locked up as … More Off to Windsor to See Liz – 24th July 2019

The plan as mentioned in yesterday’s blog was to head off early in the morning and be at the Brentford Lock at 8.00am to be let onto the Thames River. Our day started to go awry before even the alarm clock went off as the planes going into Heathrow started up in fury at 6.00am … More Thames, Take Two – 23rd July 2019

We started our day by getting the boat filled up with groceries and commencing a few loads of washing. We only had a short distance to go and seven locks to negotiate and all was going well until we scare upon this obstruction. There were four Canal and River Trust workers beavering away trying to … More Heading Towards the Thames – 22nd July 2019

We seemed to have saved the best for last of our stay in London but it is just how it worked out. After a quick breakfast with Lisa and Toque we headed out again and this time back to Buckingham Palace. We had booked to do a visit of The State Rooms of the palace. … More Big Bucket List #2 – 21st July 2019

Awoke to pounding rain on the roof so decided to continue inspecting the inside of our eyelids until it abated. We arose at 9.00am and after a quick breakfast we headed out to Kupp Coffee House for our morning cuppa and then our planned walk to Kensington Palace and Gardens. We didn’t realize that you … More Big Bucket List Day – 20th July 2019

Weather forecast was not looking encouraging so this being a museum/gallery day was a good decision. We opted to split our day with Di doing the morning session whilst Fras did the afternoon session. We can’t really leave Toque on the boat on her own as we would return to find the police having broken … More Galleries of Different Kinds – 19th July 2019

We set off in drizzly weather from Limehouse back to Paddington Basin at 8.30am. Not the most pleasant of weather to be cruising in but then it got very heavy and we both got pretty much drenched. The only one to remain dry was Toque – of course. Once the weather gods had decided they … More Back to Paddington Basin – 19th July 2019

So our plans today were to leave Paddington Basin and head off to Limehouse Basin. Limehouse Basin is where you leave the canal and go out onto the Thames River. The Thames River at this point is very tidal and busy with commercial and leisure traffic. Will continue on with this theme a little later … More Off to the Thames River – 17th July 2019