Hi all, just a quick update re Paul’s wrist. Everything is healing well and he now has a splint instead of the cast. At least now he can shower unaided and get back to washing up! We’ve had an enjoyable time at the marina which has excellent facilities and there is also a huge Tesco…

After leaving the River Nene, we were joined by my brother, Jon, and nephew, Matthew, who helped us back up the 17 locks on the Northampton Arm to Blisworth, which is on the Grand Union canal. The weather was beautiful and we flew through the locks and so it was only fair that we celebrated…

What an absolutely amazing couple of weeks we have had on the River Nene. We left for the Northampton Arm on Friday 2nd August and did the 17 lock flight in one fell swoop. This took just under six hours and we arrived at Northampton embankment mid afternoon. Once there, we walked over to the…

Well I had an absolute blast at the vegan camp out festival with Katie and Ryan. The food was amazing, there was great music, thought provoking talks and a really kind bunch of 12,000 or so people. Oh and let’s not forget all the crystals and hippie stuff that was on sale. Whilst I was…

Wow, wow, wow, the Coventry canal has been absolutely beautiful, and of course the weather has been fantastic. We also saw Uncle Albert! Along the way we have also seen herons, a water vole, blackberries starting to come out and some unusual boat yards. At places the reeds in the canal made it a single…

Firstly, thank you to everyone who came to visit us at Shardlow. It was great to see you all and to share Daisy with you. The visitor’s page has now been updated with all of your pics! We left Shardlow at 8am prompt yesterday to embark on our planned route – which started with a…

Hi everyone! We are currently moored up at Branston water park which is just off the A38 and will be making our way down to Shardlow from Tuesday onwards. We plan to stay around Shardlow/Aston/Weston/Sawley area for a few days before moving on after next weekend to the River Soar and going down South. We…

Paul was finally discharged from hospital yesterday morning and, after a bath and sleep at Woodsorrel Drive, we headed back to Daisy yesterday afternoon, where Paul was immediately put on bed rest for the remainder of the day. Later in the evening we went for a short walk around the nature reserve at Fradley which…

So yesterday we travelled an epic 17 miles and 10 locks from Stone all the way through to Fradley Junction. It took us ten hours in total and we only stopped once so that Paul could tighten the bolts on the propellor shaft. We didn’t even stop for lunch – we ate a few sarnies…

Firstly, it was a hand that the police were searching for! Apparently an angler reported catching some material on his line, out of which a human hand fell into the water! 😳 We set off from the marina this morning, having had the heating repaired (for winter) and having topped up with water and emptied…