We had a very enjoyable and busy couple of months cruising with treasured family members, through some absolutely awesome countryside in England and Wales, and using some pretty amazing engineering along the way. Judy and Ted arrive While Bob remained on Celtic Maid, I headed to London to finally and successfully complete the Life in…
As the autumn weather settles in on us, our cruising enters a new dimension – slower and more leisurely, frequent pauses to remove the build-up of leaves from our propeller, and the time to admire the scenery of changing colours. It has also been a fantastic time to share our experiences with more family and friends,…
We followed up our summer holiday with more exciting adventures. The first visit by one of our children, Thaao, to Celtic Maid. The celebration of Bron’s 60th birthday. A trip to London and Paris for Bron as a tourist. So much excitement indeed. End of summer Cruising Although we were coming to the end of…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Currently on the Rufford Arm of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, we are patiently (anxiously) awaiting our crossing of the tidal Ribble Link facilitating our long-awaited five-week cruise on the Lancaster Canal. We attempted this three years ago but were thwarted by a breach on this arm and spent two amazing weeks in Liverpool instead.…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been 4 months since our last blog sharing our narrowboat journey through England. But we have not been hibernating through the Northern winter months! Our trip to South America has been detailed in three previous blogs – Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina. Unfortunately, poor health kept us tethered in Bosworth Marina for far longer…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are sitting near the Tame Otter pub at Hopwas near Tamworth on our way down the Coventry Canal. Our wonderful friends/relatives, Julie and Phil have just spent the weekend with us having transported many parcels all the way from Maldon for us. We are now the proud owners of a galvanic isolator to protect…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You will all no doubt be pleased to know that we made it through the Harecastle Tunnel without incident or haunting!!! So after a short cruise along the Trent and Mersey Canal again we turned off at Etruria Junction to explore the Caldon and Leek Canals. We were just starting to get smug about getting…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been another couple of very successful weeks for us with a bit of emotion thrown in. We have just hosted Bob’s sister, Judy, and her husband Ted who flew in from Burlington, Canada, for the last six days. We said a tearful farewell to Julia and Malcolm on NB Figment after spending the…
As the title says – we have been active for two weeks since the last post, explored three waterways – Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and River Weaver – and welcomed cousins, Julie and Phil on board for a week’s cruising!!! So from being pretty slow on it last update our time suddenly got…
We are safely moored near the Great Haywood Junction of the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. A perfect position in this uncertain English weather as it is close to all required services (diesel, water, and waste disposal) in addition to a brilliant farm shop and village amenities. It looks as…