We awoke early, hade breakfast and then discovered another problem. The toilet was blocked. We have a macerator toilet that relies on electric power. I thought maybe it was the reduced battery power causing the problem so started the engine. The extra volts usually solves the blockage problem, but not this time. So I had

For the last week and a bit we have been on a different cruise. We have been up the river Rhine from Amsterdam to Basel. We cane back last night to find that we have zero battery power! Something must have gone wrong in our absence. I ran the engine for a while so that

We have been at Patch bridge for a week, entertaining various guests. Teresa and Brian popped in one afternoon and we took Sue & Rob (Trog) for a trip down to Purton and back. On Thursday we had a delayed Christmas lunch with San and John in the Tudor Arms. Then yesterday we decided to

We dropped the three ladies off at Purton and continued on to Patch bridge. We had originally thought of going back to Frampton, but there was a mooring space on the offside just before Patch bridge. This was better as we need to leave the boat for two days, and it’s more secure here; and

Just a short chug down to Purton today. We came back from home this morning and moved down here in time for lunch. We are moored on the gassy patch on the offside where we have previously had picnics. Tomorrow Sue Trowell, Di & Sam are coming for a short visit, so this afternoon we

Some excitement today, earlier a boat hit Sandfield bridge quite hard. It had reopened, but maybe some damage had been done because it’s been temperamental all day. Mo and Jim arrived for lunch and left about three, we then wanted to get back to Frampton. At first the bridge wouldn’t go, but the CRT guys

Liz, Frankie and Ivy arrived in the morning. They stayed awhile then Liz and Ivy went by car to Saul and we took Frankie by boat. When we arrived there was very little mooring space available. We went up to wind in the Willow Trust boat’s area, but it proved very difficult in the high

After breakfast a walk to the Black Shed at Slimbridge for tea/coffee, back for lunch then T&B took us home to get our car. We stayed home overnight to charge the Smart and came back today. The warm, sunny weather we’ve had for the last few days has gone! It’s grey and windy today. We

A later start than the previous two days as were didnt have far to go. A slow leisurely chug to Saul where we topped up the water tank. While we were filling a widebeam crashed into the Sandfield bridge! It went smack into the bridge without stopping, someone said they had engine trouble and couldn’t