Well today is our final day of cruising. We have about five hours of motoring of which it will bring us to within an hour of our home base for returning the Pencelli Castle. The weather remains dry though overcast and a little cool at about 17c. It is so chocolate box cover scenery. Here … More Thursday July 13 – Final Day, Brecon Beacons South Wales

Have been a little remiss about describing the canal itself. It is very much like a James Brindley style canal in that it follows the contours of the land religiously rather than the Telford (cut and fill and keep it straight) style. This is not surprising as the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal engineer was Thomas … More July 12 – Day 5, Brecon Beacons South Wales

We  awoke to smatterings of rain but luckily it cleared by the time we started filling up with water for the day. Our task was to head back the way we had come and to moor at roughly the same place as we had on the way up. So we went through the six locks, … More Monday and Tuesday, 10 & 11 July – Day 3 & 4, Brecon Beacons South Wales

What a perfect day. Great weather, magnificent scenery and fantastic company! Leisurely commencement to the day with breakfast at 9.00am. There really is not a lot we can say about our day and will let the many pictures tell the story for you. We have planned to continue further to the end of the Brecon … More Sunday 9th July – Day 2, Brecon Beacons South Wales

Well, it is just like putting your feet back into those comfy slippers again. It feels like we have never even been away from nb Lucy from 2016 except we do not have Maples and Toque with us. We have been steering the boat to start with whilst Marlene and Wolfgang are taking in the … More Friday 8th July – Gilvern to Llangynidr Day 1, Brecon Beacons South Wales

Well, where do we start with this latest saga of travelling. First let’s go back over yesterday. We spent a very pleasant day relaxing with Horst and Elfi around the house enjoying the much slower pace. We went out for dinner at the Biergarten followed by a stroll in the gorgeous city gardens. It had … More Thursday 7th July – Aschaffenburg to Bristol, England

Wasn’t going to blog today as we were just travelling by train from Bregenz to Aschaffenburg but we had a very fortunate experience today. We caught the earlier train as we got to the station 50 minutes early which gave us a longer time in Lindau which is the next station from Bregenz around the … More Wednesday 5th July – Bregenz to Aschaffenburg

Final day of cycling today. It is 37k’s to our final destination of Bregenz in Austria. We actually achieved our goal of cycling across Switzerland when we crossed into Lichtenstein yesterday. So we now have bragging rites of trans-Swiss cyclists. We were to have an early start so as to arrive in Bregenz about 1.00pm … More Tuesday 4th July – Feldkirch to Bregenz

Beaut day for cycling. The weather was spot on. Scenery was exquisite. Three countries in one day!!!!! We said our fond farewells to the nuns who did the hotel check out procedure at the reception desk and headed out along the lake, then across the isthmus to join up with the Rhine. I lot of … More Monday 3rd July – Quarten to Feldkirch

Awoke to a wet Sunday as predicted. According to the hourly forecast it would become lighter rain and eventually cease altogether by 2.00pm. We have not had to ride in this kind of weather before and it is not as though we can sit it out as we have 51k’s to do today. So left … More Sunday 2nd July – Feusisberg to Quarten