I drove up to Weedon yesterday after an early shift, stopping at Brent Cross Tesco on the way for some shopping, and arriving at about 6.15....

Second post of the day, to separate out the main September cruise from the fiddling about of the past few days! Adrian got back from London ...

Another great evening with Catherine and Nigel last night.  It turned out quite a lot had happened since we last saw them on the August bank...

I slept really well, and had a very relaxed start to the day.  I had a quick shower — emptying the tray with a bucket and sponge.  When you’...

I really like the mooring by Stantonbury Bridge.  I heard an owl hooting last night.  This morning was quite chilly, so I had porridge for b...

I was at work this morning and came up to the boat after my shift.  As I drove through Milton Keynes, it hammered down with rain and hailsto...

I worked a night shift last night, so Adrian dropped me at the station to go to work, and carried on up to the boat.  This morning, by the t...

It appears that the mooring on the bollards at Buckby bottom lock has less noise from the M1 than further along where we normally stop.  Or ...

Short journey to the bottom of Stoke Bruerne locks this morning, before winding and mooring at the visitor moorings. After a quick lunch I w...

Adrian came up to the boat yesterday, got the fire going and did some shopping.  I was working a night shift, and got the train up this morn...

I was up early this morning as I’ve been on nights and went to bed very early last night.  I loaded the car and set off for the boat, arrivi...

We woke to a nice sunny morning. Before we set off there was a comotion outside on the water. About seven adolescent cygnets were running al...

It was exceptionally windy overnight and this morning -- the forecast was gusts of over 40mph. The tall buildings at Wolverton make things...

Another beautiful start to the day, particularly the view from the galley window. We set off at 8.30, to make the short journey to Rugby...

We came up to the boat last night.  I was working until late, so Adrian came up to London on the train, then we drove to the marina, arrivin...

We both got up at 4 o'clock this morning.  The car was already packed, and we set off about 40 minutes later, bound for London.  I was d...

I had a lovely evening catching up with Alison and Nigel, and meeting Alison's dad, over drinks and dinner.  I walked up to the top lock...

As planned we did go to The Galleon for dinner last night.  The pub itself was nice, and our starter was good, but the main course was real...

Another day when it looked promising first thing, then came on the rain.  We left our overnight mooring just before 9, carried straight on a...