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Bye bye
It was with great sadness that today we had to leave our good friends and travelling companions Rich and Sharon on Nb Oakapple. We have spent many weeks cruising together and have enjoyed every minute...
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Costly Thames
How much !!! Why is everything so expensive on The River Thames?. There must be a reason… This is probably the cheapest diesel we have seen ,but also look at the price of the petrol. Most of the red...
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Canal bound
We left our mooring above Benson lock at 07.00 a full 2 hours before the lock keeper came on duty , so we were unable to pay our mooring fee, such a shame !!!!! We passed The Shillingford hotel in the...
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Brexit
A couple of weeks ago we sent off our postal vote for the European Referendum. Carolyn from the start was always OUT ! . While I was undecided . But in the end and after looking at all the facts I...
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Counting Bunnies !
We pulled pins at 07.35 from our mooring at kiidlington on the South Oxford canal. The whole of the canal seems to be ablaze with wild Rose’s. We can’t remember a year that has produced more than...
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Banbury
We pulled pins from Bunny moorings at 09.35 and were soon at Aynho weir lock. This is a shallow diamond shaped lock and it lifts us up and through where The River Cherwell crosses over the canal.Here...
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Funny boat names
It’s been a while since I put any funny and amusing boat names on the blog, So here are some to look at and have a chuckle…….We will !!!!!Well I guess someone had to use that name… All us boaters have...
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Action man
We pulled pins from our mooring at Banbury at 07.45 . As always Carolyn enjoyed her time there and made the most of our stay. She attended a couple of Aqua fit classes and also she had a lot of retail...
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Marooned
We pulled pins this morning at 07.10 with a little light drizzle which soon turned in to a little light rain. We soon passed the most photographed boat on The South Oxford canal. It has now been here...
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Drop em !
We pulled pins from our mooring outside of Ventnor farm marina at 07.10 and with a good 6 to 7 hour cruise and 18 double locks in front of us we made good time and soon past the Willow Wren training...
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Staircase to heaven
We pulled pins from our mooring near Radford Semele at 07.15 and were soon crossing the River Avon where the canal enters Warwick. You don’t actually see very much of Warwick and to be honest you...
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Day off
We decided on a day off after several long days of cruising and with our Beta 43 engine due it’s 250 hour service it seemed like a good idea to stay put. While I was warming the engine up Carolyn took...
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Lapworth
After our day off we had a reasonably early start pulling pins at 07.55 and making our way towards Kingswood junction. We had intended to turn left and head down to Stratford for the festival which we...
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We have been to London several times and it’s always been hit and miss whether you can get a good mooring in Little Venice, Paddington Basin or other parts of London. Boater’s often travel for days...
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Birmingham bound
We pulled the ropes through the rings at 08.10 from our mooring and were soon on our way to Birmingham. The plan was to get in there about mid day and hope there was some decent moorings spare....
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A few more good boat names
How about this.. Even the curtains are Noddy one’s .Guess what this boat is called ??????Just a few cartoon characters …You just can’t beat a bit of this with a glass or three of the red stuff .It’s...
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President
After 48 hours on our mooring at Brindley place we have to move as our time is up . We could take the you know what as several other boaters do and stay longer, but we tend to keep to the rules and...
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Iron Man
With Hamish chilling out on Inca and are stay coming to an end Carolyn drags takes me into Birmingham to have a look around the sights and shops.With Carolyn on a mission to get down to New Street and...
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Nice Butt
What a bizarre name for a boat, it was moored next to us at Brindley Place in Birmingham . This is one that you just can’t help looking at and thinking why name it this ? . Well , it seems that the...
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Leaving Brum
After a most enjoyable stay in Birmingham we left our mooring at 07.50 and winded (turned) above Farmers top lock and then used the services before moving off. It’s not very often you see a roundabout...
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