Trotted down to our bathroom at dawn this morning. Vera gave the game away by leaving muddy paw prints in the vestibule between the...

There is a heron just along the towpath from us who flew across to the other side of the canal when Vera and I walked up to the next...

Bright but cold start to Thursday 8th April 2021 in Middlewich. We walked down to Wardle Lock AKA Maureen’s Lock to get it ready to...

We did a reconnaissance by foot and decided that we would delay progress onto the Trent & Mersey Canal due to the freezing cold weather...

We chugged out of Nantwich yesterday (06/04/2021) and through 3 locks with snow flurries around us. We decided not to turn onto the...

Our first stop on the morning of Easter Sunday was by Hack Green Secret Underground Nuclear Bunker by the side of the Shropshire Union...

The sun shone through our Tesco vegetable storage bag hanging from the bike handlebars in the cratch, the front area of the boat. We...

A cold start to Easter Saturday, the 3rd April 2021 but the sun came out later after we had eaten bacon rolls for breakfast and walked...

We did a family walk into Audlem to shop in the Co-op, crossing the newly reopened bridge 80. It is much colder today and a chap we...

Was yesterday Wednesday 31st March 2021, according to the Daily Telegraph. We went through the final lock, number 15, at Audlem. It has...

Tuesday 30th March 2021 Audlem seems to have all the boater needs, when the pubs are open! We arrived there after chugging through the 5...

In the evening of Monday 30th March 2021 we went for a wander along the canal tow path at Market Drayton. Joules Ales have a brewery and...

Yesterday afternoon (Monday 29/03/2021) the sun came out and we took advantage of this to do some maintenance. Hilary indulged in a...

Today, Monday 29th March 2021, is forecast to be a bit warmer and even warmer tomorrow. Last night was a bit windy and the boat was...

This morning we awoke to a wet gloomy morning on the canal at Market Drayton. Last night the clocks sprang forward 1 hour and British...

After a family walk into town to explore the centre and take advantage of the 25% off wine deal at ASDA we had a fairly lazy day for a...

You can find out all about The Duke narrowboat and the other five narrowboats available for long-term hire at http://www.longtermnarrowbo...

We stayed on our mooring by bridge 63 on the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton on Wednesday 24th March 2021. We went for a family...

Tuesday 23rd March 2021 We were up at 07:00 and set off at 10:00 heading for Market Drayton and diesel. Empty rural agricultural...

Following the falling apart and abandoning ship of our dog tiller pin we have resorted to using our reserve which is probably a fox cub....