This week has been very different for us – 3 days helping with young family and now the Skipper is doing the same for older family. Amid this we have managed to catch up with old amd new boating friends (2 and 4 legged) over coffees, drinks, craft stalls, and bagels. We have seen familyContinue reading “All change”
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Seasonal shifts
That is it. We have worked the last locks for a month or so (at least for our boat – we’ve already offered to lockwheel for some friends, gluttons for punishment as we are!). We are just 8 miles from where we are coming out of the water for maintenance, Boat Safety Survey and anContinue reading “Seasonal shifts”
From drought to escaping the flood in one (sl…ow) move
Having waved a fond farewell to wonderful friends from France with whom we’ve had an awesome week, I was just debating what to have for lunch (and as is my wont when I’ve been talking French all the time, debating with myself en français) when the Skipper announced we were on the move – NOW.Continue reading “From drought to escaping the flood in one (sl…ow) move”
Water way to go…
We have made it onto the rivers and water is again moving below our hull. To be honest, it couldn’t have been shallower where we had been moored after lock and water control issues left boats and businesses high and dry. It isn’t just about the statistics of distances and locks but the richness ofContinue reading “Water way to go…”
Au revoir
Finally we bid farewell to the Grand Union main line and turn back on the Leicester Line. How far we shall get with water shortages remains to be seen, but we are about 14th in the queue for Watford Locks. They are due to reopen at 10am on Monday for just a week, all beingContinue reading “Au revoir”
Historical perspectives and Operation Sanctuary result
We did it. The fable of the tortoise and the hare proved valid for (certain) narrowboats and their crews in 2025. Slow, dogged determination won the day against The Drought and The Closure of Locks to Preserve Water (capitals all mine!). Slow it may have been but stressfree it was not. We left Thatcham outsideContinue reading “Historical perspectives and Operation Sanctuary result”
Drought forces Operation Sanctuary
As waterways are closing around the country through lack of water including England’s inland artery, the Grand Union, we are now on a race to get to somewhere we can live, work, and safely access water and waste disposal. According to the National Drought Group this has been the driest year bar 1976 since recordsContinue reading “Drought forces Operation Sanctuary”
