This morning we just  chugged the few hundred yards to the service block, did a pumpout, topped up the water and returned to our mooring. Back home after lunch.

The plan for a couple of days was to make a short trip up to Stourbridge today and back tomorrow. We untied, went up though Hyde lock. (Where BW workmen were installing a new handrail as a result of the accident at Stourport). As we came up in the lock it was obvious that beyond

We had planned to come and check all was OK last weekend, but my health conspired against us. I had had a heavy chesty cough for a while and thought “It’ll go away, I’ll shake it off”. But it didn’t go away it got worse until one evening I collapsed with difficulty in breathing and