We’re back on the water and have spent the last month meandering south on the Grand (Junction) Union Canal; it’s a wider canal with big double locks, so pairing up with another boat is always welcome. It’s been concerning to hear about the water shortages that have already started to affect the northern canals, preventing…
A Hebridean Adventure
You know, when you’ve been home for a few days after a lovely holiday and it already feels like it all happened to someone else? Well, that’s where I am. We’re back home on the boat after spending a few weeks exploring the 135 mile long Outer Hebrides in our motorhome. The whole trip lasted…
On the Leicester Line
During March, we headed along the Trent, Soar and Wreake to join the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal (GUC). We passed through our old university town of Loughborough, stopping only to top up with groceries and use the services in the basin. We then cruised on to Leicester, where we pulled over at…
Hurrah! We’re on the move again
We’re back onboard after a rather fabulous time in Port Zelande, Holland, celebrating the music of our favourite band-Marillion. Yes, that’s the prog rock group that formed in 1979. No, their singer isn’t called Fish, he left the band in the 80’s, the new lead singer (for the last 36 years) is Steve Hogarth. Out…
Slowly does it
We’ve arrived at our last mooring spot before we “abandon” the boat in a marina again to head off to the Netherlands for the Marillion Weekend. It’s another old favourite, Tixall Wide. It’s that “pretend lake” near to Shugborough Hall, a mile down the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal from the junction at Great Haywood. We’re…
A Chilly Escape to the Trent & Mersey
It’s been a very wet and cold start to 2025. We are on a safe mooring in Stoke-on-Trent and thankful for the peace of mind that comes with that. Our hearts truly go out to everyone who’s been affected by the recent floods around the UK. It’s a been a huge reality check for us;…
Home for Christmas 2024
So that’s it, we’ve done our last trip to the bottom of Bosley Locks. We have turned the boat, and our next destination is a mooring in Congleton for the festive period. There are plenty of plans in the air for next year but…
Winter on the Maccy
It’s a stunning time of year with low beams of sunlight cutting through the trees and periods of snow and frost carpeting the countryside like a quilt. The Maccy (Macclesfield Canal) is an easy stretch to find moorings on for the winter season, it doesn’t flood and we’re always within a couple of miles of…
Leaky bottoms on the Maccy
No more blue skies for us and daytime temperatures over 20 degrees lower, we’re back in Cheshire. We spent a couple of days in Lyme View Marina doing laundry, getting over jet lag and reacclimatising before we then headed back out onto the cut. I don’t think we’ve ever seen…
Having a swell time at sea!
We were only supposed to do one Cruise ship cruise a year, but in January when I asked Ian what he wanted to do for his BIG birthday this year, he said without any hesitation, a transatlantic cruise to the Caribbean (I really hadn’t expected that!). So here we are just back from our second…