We have have spent a few odd nights onboard since October, but we haven’t actually moved. We popped up this weekend to check things were OK. I have developed a little box of tricks that monitors things on board, e.g. temperature & battery state. It regularly sends data back to a server via the mobile

We have been here since Thursday. The weather for our last day cruising was grey and damp. We set off about 9ish and were back here by noon. We spent the afternoon making the security bars for the windows. We want them to be a deterrent but not to be to obtrusive, so we made

The weather looked good when we awoke, so we decided to have a cup of tea and set off in case it turned worse later on. A good trip down to Kidderminster, with a cold wind blowing but the sun shining. At Sainsbury’s we stopped to do the food shopping for the week. Then had

Our summer trip was cut short as we had to get back here to get the clutch fixed on the car. We had to miss out the Droitwich canals. Maybe that was a good move as it seems that in late July almost every boat in the midlands was heading for the new opened Droitwich

A really lovely day weather wise, much better than we had expected. It was clear blue skies and bright sunshine almost all day. We set off around 9:00 and went straight down Bratch. I had a long chat with one of the lockies who was furious about the situation with the BW directors awarding themselves

It rained heavily in the night, but the sky was fairly clear by daybreak. We had a lazy start with tea in bed at 7:30. I got up at 8:00 to do a few chores around the boat whilst the others got dressed, showered etc. We left the mooring at around 9:00. As we hadn’t

Picked up Teresa and Lins then, after a slow journey up the M5, arrived about 6 o’clock. We unloaded most of the stuff (it’s quicker with four) then settled down for the evening. I had been delegated to provide the evening meal and thought that I had it all in hand. Everything was OK until

We have just come up for the weekend to check that everything is OK. Arrived Friday evening – meal, a bottle a wine and bed. On Saturday the weather was really windy. We went for a walk in the morning. In the afternoon we drove out to Much Wenlock in Shropshire for a look around,

We’ve been here since Sunday afternoon. On Monday morning the repair guy came and took a look at the car. More or less immediately he said that the clutch had gone and would need a replacement. He gave me a quote and said that they would pick it up either late Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday