The morning started bright & sunny so we made an earlish start at around 8:00. Even though it was sunny it was still very cold, especially on the exposed section between Coven and Hatherton.  Quite a few boats about today, though we didnt have to queue at all, just occasionally wait for a boat already

It was really cold this morning, but the sun came out this afternoon and it has warmed up a bit. We had been moored up for a while when an old working boat came past very quickly and very fast. We rocked about so much that things fell off of shelves and out of cupboards.

We are moored up on our new mooring at Kinver. We won it in a BW auction. Ours is the last one before Hyde Lock. It’s much quieter and more pleasant here than in Kidderminster, but not so convenient for the shops. Last night was spent at the old mooring, and then this morning I

As we needed to be back home for lunch we set off early for Kidderminster. As we were coming under Limekiln Bridge (one of the ugliest bridges on the whole sysyem!) I was trying to avoid a Sainsbury’s shopping trolley, and istead knocked the chimney off into the cut. We reversed back and fished around

This is the first opportunty since mid November to go any further than a couple of miles as the BW maintenance stoppages have now finished. We needed a pumpout so it was a choice between Kinver & Stourport. We decided last night that if the weather looked good this morning then it would be Kinver

Arrived just in time to light the fire, down to the Watermill for a meal, then to bed.

Not going anywhere, just here for a few days doing odd jobs. After quite a lot of fuss and upheaval involving the plumbling under the bed, I managed to drain the calorifier. Then I cut back the insulation and found where the water was seeping out through the seam between the top dome and the

The original plan from yesterday was to drive home this morning and come back next weekend to move the boat back to Kidderminster. However upon waking up this morning we realised that the ice had all gone, so we decided to chug back to the mooring and then walk back to get the car! On

Cold overnight and more snow meant we awoke to a frozen canal. We debated what to do, either try to get back to the mooring in the snow or leave the boat where it was and come back next weekend to retrieve it. We decided to try to get back to the mooring. The ice

The day started off bright but cold, we decided to go for a walk across the fields and through the woods to Cookley, then back along the towpath. It was a really lovely morning with all the foliage covered in frost. A short stop at the Tesco Express in Cookley, then back along the towpath.