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          We were randomly and inexplicably woken at 5.13 on Sunday morning (14th July) by our horn blaring out! Tony shot out of bed and said “WTF is that?” (The horn is right above our heads). He dashed to the back of the boat, hurdling Sal […]

  We had a lovely couple of days in Bath, walked all round the city with Sal (she was a star – she doesn’t like lots of traffic or people but she’s getting more confident all the time and did really well!). We found back roads and footpaths so that […]

          We spent four days on our lovely mooring spot just outside Hilperton/Trowbridge, then we moved to Bradford on Avon and found another lovely spot; stayed there for two days. Bradford on Avon is a very picturesque town with lovely riverside walks. (River Avon and the […]

          We moved on Saturday 15th, to the top of Caen Hill flight. The weather wasn’t brilliant so we stopped after 5 locks on the 24hr moorings at the top of the flight instead of carrying on and doing the main 16 locks of the flight […]

  After a couple of days moored at All Cannings, we moved on Wednesday 5th June to a 48hr mooring just by the Bridge Inn at Horton. We didn’t frequent the pub as the landlord is known for not being very friendly towards boaters so we decided not to spend […]

          We had a lovely day on Saturday (25th May), we visited the Crofton Pumping Station, which was fully operational for the Bank Holiday weekend. Very interesting to see how it was done when the canal was built. We then went for a lovely walk to […]

          We had a lovely couple of days in Kintbury, including a visit to the local butcher’s shop for one of his delicious hot sausage rolls! We then made our way to Hungerford, where we moored for three nights, taking advantage of the bigger town to […]

          Wednesday 15th May 2019 – the start of our new life! We set off at just before 11.00 am and were very pleased to see volunteer lockkeepers at the first lock in Newbury! That lock can be a bit tricky as it has a very […]