Woke up this morning to find the ice all gone. Odd that it melted during the night rather than in the day. I reorganised the wiring for the trickle charger, moving it nearer the battery so that the 12v lines were shorter. Even though the temperature is now above freezing we decided to leave the

The canal is still frozen, but the forecast is for warmer weather and the ice looks like it’s starting to melt. No cruising so a walk today. Up the towpath to just above Woverley Court lock, then across the footbridge and via a footpath into the village of Wolverley. Had a look round the church,

Just popped up for the evening. The continuing cold weather makes me a little concerned for the plumbing on board. The Eberspacher central heating is on a frost stat which should protect against any pipes freezing. The problem is that the heater drains the battery in couple of days if the heating comes on frequently.

We have brought our two grandchildren Josh(13) and Becca(10) for the weekend. They have been on board before, but not slept. We arrived about 5 o’clock Friday afternoon to find the canal almost frozen over. A very cold night meant that by the morning that canal was completely frozen. We attempted to move as the

Up and away by 8:00, back to the home mooring, pack up and off home to cook a full Sunday lunch for 12 !

Just a quick weekend trip to check all is OK and charge the batteries. Arrived about 6 o’clock last night to find the boat a bit cold and damp and the batteries almost flat. Tried to put the Eberspacher central heating on but it wouldn’t start. I lit the fire, had a meal and went

We went for a longish walk in the morning. Along the towpath north out of Kidderminster then we went across the river Stour via Puxton’s marsh to just short of Wolverley. I knew that there was a footbridge over the river just above Wolverley Court lock and we were heading for that. The marsh lived

We had planned to use the weekend to do a couple of jobs onboard and do a bit of Christmas shopping in Kidderminster. The cold weather and the fact that Heddi wasn’t feeling too good meant we abandoned the jobs on board, and decided instead to just have a bit of a chill out and

Arrived about 6:30, unpacked some of the stuff, left the rest ’til the morning. Lit the fire, had a meal and a glass of wine and went to bed!

The scavenged wood lasted long enough to keep us warm, but we had more or less run out of coal by the time we were back at Kidderminster. We saw the kingfisher again on the same stretch by Wolverley Court lock. This time we had the camera ready. On returning we tried out a new