On Sunday (22/08/2021) we cast off and headed out of Banbury. This house had attracted our attention in the past, the couple living there...

On Thursday (19/08/2021) we resumed continuous cruising and made our way from Heyford Wharf to Aynho. There were lift bridges as well as...

On Sunday (15/08/2021) we took our leave from Richard (Hilary’s starter husband) and Jill’s hospitality full of full English breakfast...

We had a wedding to go to on Saturday 14th August 2021 so we left The Duke safely moored up at it’s home base at Heyford Wharf and Hilary...

When we left Banbury on Tuesday (10/08/2021) we were making our way back along the Oxford Canal to Heyford Wharf, the home of The Duke,...

On Monday (09/08/2021) evening we hoped to go to Carnitas Latin American Restaurant, but Sod’s Law it was closed on Mondays. In the...

On Saturday (07/08/2021) our destination was Banbury before the rain started. Luckily it only manifested as a few light showers and other...

We stayed at Thrupp and battened down the hatches for a rainy day on Thursday (05/08/2012), after a hike to the Coop in Kidlington. The...

We were on the move again on Wednesday (04/08/2021) and Hilary was delighted to be off of the mighty River Thames and back onto the canal...

After our cruise from Abingdon we moored in the Oxford district of Jericho opposite College Cruisers on Monday (03/08/2021). It seemed to...

New belt and no squealing as the old one had done as it slipped, and we were on our way upstream on the Thames again on Sunday morning,...

On Thursday (29/07/2021) we spent the day in Wallingford as the weather forecast was grim. It was market day in town and Vera was keen to...

Hilary decided that we would celebrate our 23rd Wedding Anniversary (we got married on 31st July 1998 at Langar Hall in Nottinghamshire)...

On Monday (26/07/2021) morning after a family walk to Henley Sainsbury’s Local we set off alongside the race track. People were out...

On Sunday morning (25/07/2021) Vera checked out Cockmarsh for the last time, after a comfortable night moored by The Bounty. She was...

All manner of boats passed our mooring including paddle steamers and this amphibious duck bus. The hot weather meant that the water was...

We spent the next day at The Manor in Shepperton. Steve’s sister-in-law Janis picked us up on Wednesday morning and drove us to Laleham...

Old Father Thames has also had his dark days. During the Great Stink of the 1850s, the River Thames honked with raw sewage to such an...

We had a rude awakening at 05:35 on Monday morning (19/07/2021) when somebody jumped onto our bow (front of boat) and stole our Raleigh...

We called in at the Old Oak Tree pub with Kate and Robbie to try and cool off out of the intense sun. Leaving the Old Oak Tree and...