Day 107 and we left Cosgrove early; didn’t meet much but at first but always at places you don’t want to – aqueduct, bridge and narrow spots – typical. A short day today as w...Read More
Day 103 and we’re making good progress back up the Nene, we paired up with the boat moored behind us called Chouette (Pat and Jenny), they were a bit distant to start with but slowly seemed to w...Read More
Day 101 and we are trying to get some distance done so set off at 0730 (again). Another lovely morning, clear sunny and still. Rewarded with an early sighting of a kingfisher. Not much other traffic b...Read More
Day 98 and as anticipated we decided to stay put as it is raining and windy. Stayed on mooring at Upwell and had a domestic / lazy day. Interrupted by a brief visit to the pub for coffee and cake once...Read More
Day 96 saw the beginnings of a change in the weather. We were woken by rain and thunder but it didn’t last, by 0930 it was beginning to get really hot. We stopped briefly at Ely to provision bef...Read More
Day 92 and we start to head back towards the canal network (though we won’t be there for a couple of weeks or so). We left the marina late as we had to hand back the keys and completed our journ...Read More
Day 90 and we’re back on board, we decide to move on although we have the marina booked for another night. Headed back to St Neots a bit late but knew we could run for a couple of hours. Shared ...Read More
Day 85 and we stayed at St Neots we moved across the river and did a few chores and J did a bit of painting of our watering can (bought with the intention of decorating it with a nod to canal traditio...Read More
Day 82 we moved on from St Ives passing through Brampton which seemed very nice so might stop here on the way back On the way we overtook another narrowboat which was going very slowly, it would have ...Read More
Need to catch up again, not sure how I’m getting behind 😉 Day 77 – probably the most anticipated and tense day for some time. We are making the passage to the Great Ouse today which inv...Read More