Towards London 30/5/16

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the decision made to head towards London we prepared ourselves to tackle going up the Northampton flight of 17 locks. But not before an early morning wake up with Jim letting us know they were off to the hospital to get Chris’s hand checked out. She had attempted to save a cat from the…

Back on the cut 12/5/16

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After tentatively emerging from the marina last Tuesday, back onto the North Oxford Canal, we headed the few miles toward Rugby. It wasn’t long before we felt like a butterfly finally out of the chrysalis. All our fears of forgetting how to live aboard, safely steer our vessel or indeed know if we were where…

Our Aussie Odyssey

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now back aboard Celtic Maid in the Brinklow Marina near Rugby, after an amazing four and a half months in Australia. So happy to be here and ready to progress our adventure further, but also feeling very blessed that we have been able to catch up with our family and friends in Australia.…