Narrowboat

I may not have finished processing May’s cruise photos yet, but I’m going out in two weeks time for a few days – other commitments mean I can’t do a full week just 5 days (well it’ll be less as the first day I have to set off later than hoped). So its a case [...]

Having arrived at Bancroft Basin the previous evening the morning, and some of the afternoon, was spent exploring Stratford Upon Avon or at least part of the centre. We set off mid afternoon and as there was a boat already in the lock we thanked them for waiting and lock-shared going down. This was our [...]

This site didn’t have a favicon – I’d adapted a theme when I originally set the site up but never thought to add one. When reading a few other people’s boating blogs, many have a side bar with links to other boating blogs, as I do too, though I noticed some blogging software includes favicons [...]

We started the day late, since it was raining when we awoke, but set off once the rain cleared. Studying the Nicholson over breakfast showed we had 11 miles and 24 locks left on this canal, but whether we did it all on one day depended on the weather (or how hardy we felt if [...]