[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…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our flights from Arequipa through Lima in Peru and then into Quito, Ecuador were thankfully uneventful. The scenery was beautiful when low enough to see it. We had arranged transfers to and from airports for all of our trip – it is so much easier particularly when you don’t speak the language and always feels…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the first day of 2017, we enthusiastically set off on our Journey to South America. The first stage was three weeks in Peru to visit with Bron’s sister and brother-in-law, Yasha and Juergen, who are overlanders travelling in the beautiful Berta through South America. You may like to follow their journey here. You will…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our arrival in Buenos Aires at about 4.30 am was rather sublime. We were met by our tour representative and driven through very quiet streets to our hotel in the Palermo district, Clasico Hotel. We were understandably tired from flying overnight so after securing an early check in we retreated to our room for much-needed…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we left Gloucester Docks, waving a sad farewell to Jim, Chris and Gina as we passed through the locks, we knew we were embarking upon a journey of over 100 locks, 100 miles, half a dozen tunnels and very changeable weather. It was quickly obvious how the recent high river on the Severn had…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Perhaps its the shorter days of sunlight that makes the time appear to go faster or maybe just that we are getting older. Whatever the reason, somehow November just sped by. We spent the month exploring the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal which runs more or less parallel to the River Severn – the longest river…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]October has now come to an end, Autumn is in full swing, our clocks have gone back an hour and we’ve covered the most waterways in any blog yet!!!! We are now comfortably moored on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal near Rea Bridge, still traveling with NB Sylph and enjoying new waterways. The past month…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What a busy and thoroughly enjoyable month September was. Only now as we rest for a couple of days at the top of the Hatton Lock Flight on the Grand Union Canal, can we stop for a short time to catch our breath and reflect on the month that was. After our first visitors (Julie and…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the summer has drawn to a close and autumn/fall is now upon us, we have finally bid farewell to the Thames and are now back on the Oxford Canal. Currently moored near Thrupp, we are preparing for yet another absence from Celtic Maid whilst we visit London for Bob’s minor eye surgery and to…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Time passes, The river flows. We move on. Over the past three weeks, we have covered familiar territory, although, at times, not recognizable after the passage of over two years. We were very green back then and having our first major crisis with the boat – we killed the gearbox!!!! This time, there were no…
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