Narrowboat

Friday 7th September: A late start in travelling down meant we didn’t get to the boatyard until 4pm. After loading up and then nipping out to the supermarket in nearby Southam, it was after 5 when we set off. With almost two weeks out I’d decided to go down the Grand Union Canal, one route [...]

I’m back from my 11 day trip, cut short from 2 weeks mainly due to an allocated appointment at the eye hospital. I set off Friday 7th at around 5pm from Calcutt boats but didn’t start shooting the “video” photos until next morning. An hour, or less, after we’d set off that Saturday we were [...]

Well its almost time for my next trip out on the boat. We set off tomorrow from Calcutt Boats and aim to head down the Grand Union Canal. Going out for just under a fortnight, since I’ve to come back early for an appointment. Still I will have 11 days and so watch this space [...]

Just how low would a tunnel ceiling need to be before you’d really avoid going through? My first trip when I got back into canal holidays was on the Mont & Brec, that’s quite a low tunnel, and then when I bought into Silhouette it was based near the Harecastle and so I frequented that [...]