Narrowboat

I am currently afloat and so using a phone to post this (a qwerty WM6 device). We arrived on the boat on Sunday evening and set off to Braunston. We got up early and set off up the Oxford – the canal was busy with at least six boats in front of us. So we [...]

We have a pair of two-way radio’s to use at locks, etc., but stopped using them a year or so ago because the batteries failed (rechargeable ones that had given up the ghost), which could in part be due to using them in damp conditions. Recently Adam on nb Debdale mentioned he’d bought some from [...]

We are due out on Silhouette next week and were initially thinking of going down the South Oxford for the week, but things change. We are now going for just 5 days and whilst we could get down to below Banbury and back, another alternative is to go up the Ashby Canal. We have been [...]

Today was to be a short cruise – one of the crew had toothache and the only dentist we could get an appointment at was Tewkesbury, so we didn’t set off until lunchtime. It had been a fine and sunny morning and this continued into the afternoon, nice day to be messing around on the [...]

I’ve been on the Avon, the Severn, and the Thames, but all are inland where the main danger is to try and not go after heavy rain when the current gets strong. Unlike the crew of Indigo Dream, who went out into the Severn Estuary, with a pilot of course, but in heavy fog. Part [...]