We had an appointment at the dog groomers this morning at 10.00am so that dictated the start of our day. The closest one we had found was four blocks from here in Hyde Park Square. Don’t think we could have found a more exclusive or expensive one. After dropping Toque off we did mention her … More Mixed Bag Today – 16th July 2019

Another day of pavement pounding. We walked nearly 15 kilometres of which Toque probably did 10k. She starts to drag behind on her lead so it is then into the lay down mode in your arms until she recovers. We lift her up if there are too many people about as it can be quite … More Just Stumps Now – 15th July 2019

We awoke to rain on the roof which meant we left a little later on our wanderings than we had originally planned. We used the time to help our neighbours cast off as they were heading to Limehouse and moor our boat next to the floating jetty. We walked over to Hyde Park which is … More Stumps for Knees – 14th July 2019

Our plan whilst in London was to visit locations we have not been to before and we started off with a bound in our step. We were out pavement pounding by 9.30am. We caught the bus down to the Camden Markets which was about 20 minutes away from where we are at in Paddington Basin. … More Stumps for Feet – 13th July 2019

Here is the promised video of our morning on the canal 10th July 2019.  

What a day!! Reflecting back on how far we came yesterday, it was a great decision to come as far as we did. According to our Pearson’s guide it should take four hours to do the Paddington Arm of which we had already done an hour. Little did we know we would be significantly slowed … More Olde London Towne – 12th July 2019

After our drink in the pub last night with Kevin we decided that we would head off early in the morning due to his travel commitments and our desire to get just a little ahead of schedule. So it was up at 8.00am which was a very good idea as the deepest lock on the … More Getting Close Now – 11th July 2019

A big treat for us, well Di anyway, was that New Zealand the underdogs beat India in the One Day World Cricket Semi final. We will find out tomorrow, providing not rain interrupted, if NZ will play England or Australia on Sunday. The blog on Sunday will be coming from a pub as we will … More Go the Kiwis – 10th July 2019

As we make our way towards London we are going down from the Tring Summit which is creating quite a number of locks to negotiate each day. We have been twinning up with a chap in his 41 foot boat for the last couple of days to help him with all the locks. It also … More Lock and more Locks – 9th July 2019

Our first lock presented us with a bit of a Swan problem. Right in front of the closed lock gates was an adult swan with six cygnets. Mean while, at the actual lock winding mechanism stood another adult swan showing some very aggressive behaviour. When these guys stand to their full height they are not … More Swan Attack – 8th July 2019