Today was the day Briar Rose would be delivered to the painter, so I had quite a lot to do this morning.  I didn't want to disturb the p...

It was a glorious morning, with blue skies and bright sunshine.  Stoke Bruerne's Village at War festival was due to get under way at 10a...

Second post of the day, because at about a quarter to six, I noticed that Sickle had moved off the lock mooring.  I grabbed a windlass and ...

I set off at 8.30 this morning; it was fairly bright although some showers were forecast.  It's a slow chug back through the outskirts o...

It absolutely hammered it down with rain last night.  At one point, it was so loud on the roof that I couldn't hear the tv.  However, th...

I've spent the past couple of days visiting family, but as I'm still technically on holiday I've decided to have a few days on b...

We'd decided on an early start, so as to be first up the Tardebigge flight, the longest in the country at 30 locks.  So it was 7.20 when...