We left soon after nine to drive to the NEC for the “Boat & Caravan Show”. It should be called “The lots and lots of caravans and a few boats if you look very hard show”. From an inland waterways point of view it was very disappointing. There were five halls, four large and one

The weather was a bit cold today, though not wet. So it was a pleasant, slowish journey down to the winding hole by Whittington Horse Bridge, then back up to the Kinver services block for a pumpout and top up with water. We loaded up most of the stuff into the car so that we

Only a short way today, just 2 miles & 3 locks. This morning we went on a walk to the pretty village of Trysull. We went up to Awbridge lock. Then along the lane and across the fields to the village. After turning left at the church we picked up a footpath that led via

We are back at the same place, facing the same way as yesterday ! We went up to Aldersley junction, winded then back to Limekiln at Compton to top up with fuel. We were going to have a pumpout, but their machine is broke. I wanted to get some diesel bug killer as well, but

We’ve moved at last! Due to stoppages, ice and time commitments we hadn’t moved since the 1st of November. We arrived last night at around 5:30. The solar panel had done it’s job and the battery was topped up. I lit the fire, we had a glass of wine a meal and watched a DVD

We arrived yesterday lunchtime for a quick visit. I wanted to finish off wiring the solar panel in properly, and replace the inline water filter which had split due to the frost. We were pleased to see that the solar panel had been working OK, the battery was not fully charged, but much better that

This morning we were talking to the people on “Dancing Lady”. They told us about the break in to “Mandarin”. Mandarin is the boat moored next to us, we had noticed one of the windows boarded up and covered in polythene. It seems that someone smashed the glass to get in. They only took food

We arrived yesterday evening just after 6:00pm. Only unloaded the basic stuff as it was too dark to see. At least it wasn’t  freezing and there’s no snow & ice to slip on. The battery was flat again, so had to run the engine for a couple of hours. Had a meal, a glass of

We arrived last night at about 6 o’clock. It was very cold onboard. The heater had flattened the battery, as I had expected the frost stat had stuck again. We ran the engine, started the Eberspascher, lit the fire and had a warming beef stew that we had brought with us. The evening was spent

Just a quick visit to charge the batteries. The Eberspascher is on a frost stat to bring the central heating on, but in this cold weather it soon drains the battery. I ran the engine for about 3 hours and we warmed up the boat by lighting the fire. I noticed that the frost stat