We started the day at nine o’clock with a wonderful cooked breakfast before setting off to meet Bob at 11:30am. The repaint date has been set for March 27th and colours have been agreed, apparently we were the most organised cutomers he’d ever had! We left Bob and went for a walk round the extremely
Just here for a couple of nights, mainly to go to see Bob Mitchell about the repaint. We have grandson Josh with us. On the way here we called in at the West Midlands boat jumble at Throckmorton airfield. We bought some rope and a new rear fender. The weather today has been really good,
The boat is booked in for a repaint in March, so we have had to really think hard about the colours. We have finally narrowed down the colour choice for the repaint to the two below. We would really welcome your input into the decision making process! Blue on Green Green on Blue Click the
The weather was appalling as we drove to Stourport, with the spray on the M40 making for very poor visibility. Lunch was served soon after we arrived at Andrew & Shiela’s. We worked off the lunch by taking Dylan the dog for a walk as the rain had stopped. The evening was spent nattering, consuming
The plan was to set off this morning for Braunston to meet friends Andrew & Sheila on NB ‘Uncle Mort’ for New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately the weather has taken control of things. When we awoke it was blowing a gale and raining hard. The forecast for the next few days is pretty dire. A flurry
After a ‘Champagne Afternoon Tea’ at Thornbury Castle to celebrate a friends 60th birthday we drove to Cropredy, lit the fire, had a glass of wine and went to bed.
We have been considering for some time that the boat needs a re-paint. It’s a big decision, and a lot of money, so we didnt want to rush it. Over the summer we had been looking at lots of boats and assessing the colours and style of the paintwork. We had talked to lots of
Saturday We are going to cycle, on our new Tern fold-up bikes, to the Banbury Canal day tomorrow. To get there from our mooring in the marina would entail going all round the marina, out onto the road and then into the village to get on the towpath. So instead we came just outside the
After 412 miles, 396 locks and 12 tunnels we have arrived! The morning started out OK, but then we got into a queue at Bourton lock. One boat in the lock and four waiting. In the last 6 weeks or so we have hardly had to queue at all, and here we are only a