Well we fell foul of the queues again today, but only once. We left it until 11:15, hoping for a slackening in the stream of boats going pas...

Unfortunately the Tesco man didn’t arrive as early as hoped, and it was past 11:00 by the time the groceries were all away. The queue of boa...

We set off this morning full of intentions to get to Alrewas. The Chinese takeaway was beckoning….. It’s a beautiful run to Wood End Lock at...

Another fine day yesterday, but we didn’t move. I had a hard training run first thing (only 10 days to the Great Yorkshire Run), and didn’t ...

Yesterday morning I spotted NB Phyllis May again, moored near Tixall Wide. I was returning from a 10 mile run. They were heading back up to ...

After the excitement of the last couple of days, today was a bit dull by comparison. Not the weather, that has been gorgeous, blue skies wit...

Well, we’ve had an interesting couple of days. On Wednesday afternoon Carol decided to change the fuel filter on Corbiere. It’s not been don...

On the last post I said “I reckon we’ll stay here tomorrow”. Well, the tomorrows lasted till yesterday, with the poor weather discouraging u...

Derek and Gloria, with dog Jake, set off at around 09:00 this morning. Their first stop was at Heritage Marina just along the canal for dies...

We wanted to catch up with Carol at Congleton before she left, so were away yesterday at 09:45. As we were heading along the long straight p...

Another view of our mooring at Bosley Locks, from bridge 57 We’ve had a very pleasant couple of days below Bosley Locks. Yesterday wasn’t as...