In total contrast to yesterday, which was sunny and warm, today has been cold and wet. In fact when we got up I instantly regretted my decision not to relight…
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This morning we moved into the marina where we will leave the boat while we go to London. The pontoons are very narrow here and I had to be careful…
Read the PostMove to Alvecote Marina – Walk to Tamworth and falling by the wayside
And again with the early starts, the only difference today was that Ken couldn’t leave without me because the first thing we had to do was the 11 locks in…
Read the PostAtherstone to Alvecote – 11 locks in just over 2 hours
Monday 11th May Yet another early start (I’m getting used to it now) and we travelled the last mile of the Ashby Canal and turned on to the Coventry Canal…
Read the PostBulking Road Bridge to Atherstone – Ashby Canal to Coventry Canal
Sunday 10th May Today we had another of our now usual early starts and left before 8am. We have come to Bridge 5, Bulking Road Bridge which is about a…
Read the PostStoke Golding to Bulking Road Bridge – Someone lost their bus pass!
God, these early morning starts! Away before 7-30am today, it really has got to stop. We arrived at Stoke Golding after travelling 5.5 miles and visiting the sanitary station on…
Read the PostMarket Bosworth to Stoke Golding – Honours Even in the Football
Another crack of dawn appearance by the Goffins! Well, we were underway by 7-30am this morning to travel from Shackerstone to the tunnel at Snarestone, through the tunnel to turn…
Read the PostShackerstone to Market Bosworth – via Snarestone Tunnel
Yesterday was wet and windy so we didn’t cruise. We went to Nuneaton again on the bus to see if we could sort out our power tip problem at Maplins.…
Read the PostStoke Golding to Shackerstone – Stopped in the nick of time!
An earlyish start was required today in order to avoid what turned out to be some pretty wild and wooly weather later on.We set off for the water point before…
Read the PostHinckley to Stoke Golding – Beating the wind and rain!
Today has been a lovely day after all yesterday’s rain and we have travelled 7.5 miles from Hawkesbury, on to the Ashby Canal and are moored near Burbage. This is…
Read the PostHawkesbury to Burbage/Hinckley – 3rd attempt at the Ashby