We are woken in the night by a banging on the side of the boat… had the pirate duck found us or was it the zombies trying to climb aboard? Or was someone trying to break in and steal my coffee? Turns out it was a buoy we had left dangling on the river side… Continue reading Day Eleven – Holme Lock – Saturday 29th July
It’s with regret we leave the mooring at Stoke. At the risk of being evicted we head off to hopefully secure a mooring at Holme Lock ((big spoiler here folks – they do!)) Hey Brackets, stop ruining my plan of building up the tension of the story, the… will they, won’t they make it alive?… Continue reading Day Ten – On the move – Friday 28th July
After chatting to the lockie it seems it is a little busy at the locks ahead and Nottingham due to the festival ((they later find out the festival isn’t until next weekend. Honestly canal and river trust should revoke their licence they have no clue what’s happening and you keep mentioning it. I think everyone… Continue reading Day Nine – Still here – Thursday 27th July
We were up early and decided to seize the day as we needed some water, so we ((That royal ‘we’ again)) swung the boat out into the river and let the river’s flow gently take us back to the lock area where the water point is. We were surprised how well it worked and we… Continue reading Day Eight – Stoke – Wednesday 26th July
I have a little bit of a lay in as I had a late night. Chris faffs about doing boaty jobs and I eventually get up and help with the cleaning of the boat. Then it was our first big walk to the supermarket. Butties made ((well, it’s not as if anyone could expect you… Continue reading Day Seven – Stoke – floating pontoon – Tuesday 25th July
C.L. Peache 