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.…
After ten very busy days, we are finally moored enjoying our Sunday ritual on a Tuesday on a lovely rural mooring at Dunham Town. The last week has had children, birthday, awful and fantastic weather, a reunion with friends and being pleasantly surprised at the run through Manchester. In the last update we were moored…
We spent our last three days in Liverpool very productively. Bron and her personal shopper Julia went in search of wedding outfits for the two celebrations we will attend on our visit to Australia earlier next year and successfully achieved our aim!! And a bit more as Julia accidentally made a couple of purchases of…
We are still in Liverpool enjoying our “holiday”!!!! And despite very variable weather, have managed to get out and about doing the sightseeing touristy thing – kind of enjoying it. All of this fun and games took place once we had broken the back of our pressing maintenance jobs on Celtic Maid. With a little…
Our main goal this week was to get into Liverpool and we made it!!!! Despite the weather (it is more like a Renmark winter at the moment than an English summer!! or maybe they are the same thing?????), the logistics (of getting fuel, offloading waste etc) and those pesky swing bridges, we finally arrived Tuesday…
A lot can change in a week can’t it!? Here it is Sunday afternoon and Bob and Malcolm are in the pub – well that hasn’t changed!!! But our immediate plans certainly have. But first a starting point. We were based in White Bear Marina all of last weekend to enable easy access to the…
After a busy week we are now moored in the White Bear Marina catching up on jobs and located conveniently close to the train station for yet another trip to London on Monday for an eye check up. We have been revising plans for the last week on at least a daily basis as we…
Despite an early start on Monday 6th July to get through the Bingley Locks – two sets of staircase locks with 3 in the first and 5 in the second – we were delayed by factors beyond our control – a shortage of Canal and River Trust staff to operate the locks and too many…
Another big week on the cut!!! We said goodbye to Darryl, farewell to Leeds and hello Leeds and Liverpool canal!!!! Last Sunday afternoon, Julia and Bron took a walk to see the Stanley Ferry Aqueducts from our nearby moorings. Another engineering masterpiece with links to the Sydney Harbour Bridge – same principles of design but…