21st September 2016 We had a long day today as we were needing to tackle a number of locks along the Fazeley Canal which goes subterranean under the buildings of central Birmingham. Firstly, we did our routine of taking the pooches out for their morning ablutions on a bit of greenspace but what we did … More Birmingham to Curdworth

20th September 2016 Busy morning as 1 ½ hours of cruising to do; shopping and filling up with water and meeting with our BFF’s W+M who we spent 50 days with at the beginning of our trip. A little fresh when poking our noses out from under the blankets but Di seemed to have a … More King’s Norton Junction and back into Birmingham

19th September 2016 After two pretty hard days doing locks we shouted ourselves to a lie in until 9.00am this morning. Awoke to drizzly weather so warmed up with some porridge and then headed out on the cut. Our mission today is to complete the Stratford Canal as far as King’s Norton Junction where we … More Hockley Heath to King’s Norton Junction

18th September 2016 It’s certainly starting to cool down and most noticeably in the mornings. When we first started in late May it was cool and Maples wasn’t prepared to sleep on the floor in her crate and insisted upon being up on the bed with me. This was most unusual for her as she … More Lowsonford to Hockley Heath

17th September 2016 No internet connection last night at Lowsonford which was our final stop for the day. As predicted, it was a long day with many locks – 26 to be exact, but at least they were all single locks. It was extremely busy for the first 4 or so hours as there were … More Stratford-Upon-Avon to Lowsonford

16th September 2016 Last night was a quiet affair for Di as Fras did his evening dash into Birmingham and back again to see Aggers and Tuffers. (If you don’t know who that is then you don’t know anything about Cricket and this blog is certainly not the place to start trying to explain it … More Stratford Upon Avon with Sue and Steve

  15th September 2016 We needed an early start today as wanted to get into Stratford-on-Avon in the early afternoon as Fras was off to Birmingham tonight to a concert. Alas though, the heavy fog this morning was not co-operating and we were unable to get away until 9.30am. We spent the time waiting having … More Bidford-on-Avon to Stratford-on-Avon

14th September 2016 This morning we bid adieu to nb Waiouru and her crew of Tom and Jan and headed into the lovely town of Evesham for a bit of a squiz. In the photo below, try not to compare nb Lucy to nb Waiouru as that is like comparing a Model T-Ford against an … More Evesham to Bidford-on-Avon

13th September 2016 This is what it is all about – waking up to a scene like this. It was so warm this morning even the dude in front of us had his shirt off. Not sure what it is about Englishmen ripping their shirts off for all and sundry but someone needs to let … More Eckington Bridge to Evesham

9th to 12th September 2016 Not quite sure where to start with this blog as it has been a few days and recalling lost file space for the previous four days is going to be rather difficult. We have been very busy with a lot of locks, additional crew members and covering some mileage as … More Stock Wharf onto the River Avon