The huge old British Waterways building by The Navigation pub (once the home of Annie’s burgers) now incorporates The Company Inn...

On Sunday morning we walked to Hilary’s brother Martin’s house on Trent Boulevard for coffee with him and our hung-over nephew and...

Back on The Duke at lunchtime on Friday 30th April. Vera came back from her sleepover with Annie and Ian and at 3.00pm we were all...

After making the most of the Canal & River Trust Service facilities at Trent Lock on the Erewash Canal we proceeded through Trent Lock...

Today Vera and Steve walked up to Long Eaton Lock to check it out. Vera was impressed by the number of mini pork pies and chocolate...

On Monday 26th April 2021 Darrol the engineer from Long Term Narrowboat Hire at Heyford Wharf arrived at Sawley Marina with a new...

Steve wandered out of the back gate with Vera but found nothing to interest her except for discarded McDonalds packaging on the grass...

We set off from Aston on Trent at 10:00 hrs. and through Weston Lock which dropped us down another 10 feet 11 inches and then Aston Lock...

After a family walk to the One Stop Shop in Chellaston we set off at 11:00 hrs. through the huge Swarkestone Lock, dropping us down 10...

We started the day topping up the engine coolant which has been leaking again. We went on a family walk on a footpath across the fields...

At Burton-on-Trent yesterday (19/04/2021) we did a family walk into town to ALDI passing the National Brewery Centre. Worryingly the most...

Today on Sunday 18th April 2021 we chugged into Burton on Trent. A heron watched us go through one of the 6 locks today. And ducklings...

It was sub-zero but sunny when we wandered easterly along the the towpath. Alrewas is a quaint little village with some historic...

We set off at 08:00 on a freezing cold but blue sky Friday morning in order to get through the 7 locks at Fradley Junction before the...

It was minus 2 degrees Celsius when we got up on Thursday 15th April 2021. We did a family walk to do shopping in the SPAR at Great...

On Tuesday (13/04/2021) evening we moored up at Barlaston where the Plume of Feathers with Neil Morrissey was going great guns with...

We had a tranquil evening in front of the diesel stove just down from the Red Bull Inn, which sadly didn’t reopen. On Tuesday morning...

Cold and bright on Monday 12th April morning. We walked into Kidsgrove with our laundry bags to find the launderette. As COVID-19...

We are moored alongside a massive sewage treatment facility near Kidsgrove but it is very pleasant and there are good Canal & River Trust...

Joined by Martin and Helen at 10:00 and buoyed by the Meteorological Office promising sunshine and (less than)>5% chance of rain we set...