Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd July 2016 With the last two days of cruising on our almost final stretch into the Liverpool docks there is not a great deal to report. Well no dramas at least – thank goodness. It’s been pretty much cruisy cruising with no locks, a few swing bridges and overcast but rain … More Parbold to Maghull

Thursday 21st July 2016 Catch up day for housework and shopping. Di went off in a taxi to the local laundromat with two weeks worth of washing. There were two trolley loads of whiffy stuff requiring some serious attention. Fras stayed behind on the boat with the two pooches cleaning bathroom and vacuuming nb Lucy. … More Wigan to Parbold

19th and 20th July 2016 It’s been a rather hectic two days with guests on board. At last the weather has turned in our favour though a scorching 30c day sent us all for a sixer. We’ve spent the last few days cruising through some delightful countryside and have been going off the canal for … More Onto Wigan we went

Friday 15th July to Monday 18th July 2016 Apologies to our blog followers but have been a little recalcitrant in our postings. When you have additional people to be mindful of your usual routine becomes disrupted. Let’s start with the usual topic of the weather over the last four days. One can only but say … More Chorley via Burnley, Blackburn

Thursday 14th July 2016 Today was the day of our first group of guests were to join us as around midday. We spent the morning cleaning up nb Lucy and making her partially presentable. There is only so much you can do to an old girl to make her young again. The sky was a … More Foulridge to Nelson

Wednesday 13th July 2016 Big day today with Cameron leaving 10 and Theresa May moving in and Liz saying Bye and Hi. We will say no more about this except that it has the country riveted. Gosh it was cold this morning. It got down to about 7c overnight and as we were cruising from … More Day of Happenings

Tuesday 12th July 2016 Our distance today was not going to be great but we had 9 locks to tackle. Could really do with the “lock slaves” joining us today. We actually awoke to some sunshine so got going whilst we could enjoy it. We got to practice our two step dance a lot today. … More Off to East Marton

Monday 11th July 2016 We did a quick Tesco run and then heading back into Skipton, which isn’t hard considering it is 100 yards away. We had made an appointment for pooches to have their six weekly manicure and to also find the Craven Arcade to have a look at as we had missed this … More Skipton to Gargrave with a “Pru” Moment

Sunday 10th July 2016 Awoke to semi-sunshine so bolted out the door to do a bit of footwork around the town of Skipton. This is an extremely picturesque village which gets inundated with tourists. Skipton is on the very southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. We have the wonderful opportunity in two weeks time to … More Skipton for the Day

Saturday 9th July 2016 What is it with the weather in this country!!! Today was possibly the wettest that we have cruised during. The countryside was exceptional even with the precipitation but we kept imagining what it would be like in the sunshine. We followed the contours of the land which is what we are … More Keighley to Skipton