Share Our Journey and Adventures!
We left Sowerby Bridge on Thursday, 30th September, after I had returned from my trip down south. Although the reason for my travel was a sad one, I must admit I did enjoy the journeys, albeit that they weren’t without drama due to delays and cancellations on both outward […]
We left Leeds Dock on Friday, 10th September, leaving with another boat in order to share the (huge!) locks. This was the River Aire section of the Aire and Calder Navigation. The locks are all electrically operated and can take very large commercial craft so they dwarf the narrowboats […]
We moved round to Skipton from our moorings just about 1½ miles outside the town on Wednesday, 18th August, in preparation for Ali and Rob to arrive on Thursday morning. We moored on the 14 day mooring section – it was a little quieter than right in the middle […]
On Wednesday, 14th July, after a quick visit to the little town of Tarleton to go to the DIY shop, we cruised a short way to a lovely mooring overlooking the fields. It was quite a breezy day, so we were even more grateful that we’d been able to […]
Just as we left Burscough New Lane, on Tuesday 15th June, after Jim and Livv had left after their visit, I walked up to the swing bridge to open it for Tony and a lady had just arrived to operate it for a boat coming the other way. When […]
We enjoyed our stay in Worsley, a very pretty town. We bought a loaf from the “Village Stores” which turned out to be an artisan coffee shop – £7.35 for a loaf and a packet of cookies!!🙄 There were some nice walks and the Delph area, […]
Crossing the Barton Swing Aqueduct It’s our two year boat-versary today! We have calculated that we have put 931.5 hours on the engine, we have travelled for 1,365.5 miles, we have worked 988 locks and we have operated 118 swing or lift bridges! What an experience! We […]
Well, we eventually made it onto the Caldon Canal! We left Barlaston on the 5th April, with a view to getting onto the Caldon on the 7th, mooring in Trentham only a short distance away and the last decent mooring spot before the section to Stoke on […]
With travel restrictions being lifted for liveaboard boaters, but with the advice to “stay local”, we left our moorings in Stone on Tuesday 30th March. We were aiming for the Caldon Canal only about 9 miles north, which had been closed for repairs but was due to reopen on […]
Thought it was about time to post another update – although there isn’t much to report! With Boris announcing another national lockdown just after Christmas, and with the repairs to the alternator still ongoing, we decided we may as well stay put in the comfort of the […]