Sprucing up the mooring with absolutely no flashing at all. Honest.
Our lovely little mooring has been a bit neglected for a long time. When daughter number 1 and I came to view the mooring, it was completely overgrown. The owner,…
Happy family boating!
Half term. That pesky random confluence of the stars has aligned and daughter number 1 is home from university, gleefully spreading her mess, sorry, belongings, around the house. Every clear…
Post-nights confusion
Facing the correct way to take her back into the marina for work on the fuel tank, after we had turned her around and left Shobnall with some of our…
The turn around
Bringing the boat out of the marina and back to the mooring after her recent blacking was relatively stress free with no major incident to report. We had popped her…
Should I be excited about bottom blacking?
The boat has been booked in to have her hull blacked in April since October last year. She is booked into Streethay services at their Willington base, which, coincidentally is…
Fangirling while moving to our new mooring
As you may know we have a new linear mooring in Eggington that I am very excited about. Instead of studying for post-graduate exams I am planning a woodland garden…
Spending money but not boating
Ahhh lockdown. A time, albeit enforced and unwelcome, to stop. Take in the air and consider options. Give careful consideration to the next round of renovations on the boat. Save…
Little jaunts
I feel I need to preface this little blog with a disclaimer - it does not describe any non essential cruising in lockdown, just the random bits we managed over…
Lockdown with a broken boat
I see a lot of CRT (Canal and River Trust) bashing on social media but the way in which they have worked with us to help us get our boat…