A weekend of odd jobs in preparation for the trip down the Severn to the Gloucester & Sharpness later in the month. We had planned to go camping this weekend in the new tent, but the weather forecast is for rain Saturday and thundery showers Sunday, so we decided to do a few jobs on

Another lovely warm sunny day. More boats about today and lots of fishermen. Whilst we were still in bed we could hear the fishermen trundling their kit along the towpath. They all congregated just in front of our boat. It looked like they were organising themselves for a match. After a while they all dissappeared,

We arrived last night just before six and stayed on the mooring. We have friends Jan & mike with us for the weekend. The weather looked good so we were away just after eight this morning. Though the sun was shining it was a little cool at first as the canal is tree lined for

We left soon after nine to drive to the NEC for the “Boat & Caravan Show”. It should be called “The lots and lots of caravans and a few boats if you look very hard show”. From an inland waterways point of view it was very disappointing. There were five halls, four large and one

The weather was a bit cold today, though not wet. So it was a pleasant, slowish journey down to the winding hole by Whittington Horse Bridge, then back up to the Kinver services block for a pumpout and top up with water. We loaded up most of the stuff into the car so that we

Only a short way today, just 2 miles & 3 locks. This morning we went on a walk to the pretty village of Trysull. We went up to Awbridge lock. Then along the lane and across the fields to the village. After turning left at the church we picked up a footpath that led via

We are back at the same place, facing the same way as yesterday ! We went up to Aldersley junction, winded then back to Limekiln at Compton to top up with fuel. We were going to have a pumpout, but their machine is broke. I wanted to get some diesel bug killer as well, but

We’ve moved at last! Due to stoppages, ice and time commitments we hadn’t moved since the 1st of November. We arrived last night at around 5:30. The solar panel had done it’s job and the battery was topped up. I lit the fire, we had a glass of wine a meal and watched a DVD

We arrived yesterday lunchtime for a quick visit. I wanted to finish off wiring the solar panel in properly, and replace the inline water filter which had split due to the frost. We were pleased to see that the solar panel had been working OK, the battery was not fully charged, but much better that