Slimbridge – much activity

Yesterday Steve & Lori came round in the morning for a cuppa and to natter about old people’s health issues! Heddi went to her choir rehearsals in the afternoon. I turned the boat around in order to work on the ongoing problem of the water ingress around the side hatch. The Smart needed charging this

Slimbridge – Patch Bridge

We have been to the dentist this afternoon, then drove straight back to here. With the Smart in the car park we walked up the towpath to Splatt bridge to get the boat and then chugged back to Patch bridge. Luckily there was a space for us on the non towpath side. So we moored

Frampton – Splatt Bridge

Our worst weather day. It started off very cold and by by the time we reached Frampton it was really cold, wet and windy. We had a real struggle mooring up as the wind was coming right across the canal and Heddi couldn’t hold the boat on her own whilst I hammered in the pins,

Near Netheridge Bridge

It had rained heavily during the night and was still raining on and off at breakfast. After consulting various weather forecasts we set off just after nine. It was dryish but cold with a strong wind blowing. I had intended to top up the fuel from the jerry can last night, but forgot. As we

Worcester

It’s the annual trip down to the G&S, this time we are doing it with Mo and Jim. They have never been on a boating trip with us before as they had their dog. We met them in Frampton where they left their car and got into ours. About an hour up the M5 to