First time single-handed My first single-handed excursion took place on 1st September 2016, a couple of weeks after the epic move to Welford. Although I was grateful to Willy Nilly for his help, I knew I needed to get to grips with handling the boat alone. The only way was to bite the bullet and […]
Foxton and its locks I have dragged many visitors to Foxton Locks since my random move to Northants 20+ years ago. Way before my mad boat buying I would take unsuspecting guests to Foxton, only 20-ish minutes from home. Once there I always seem to have the same routine. Parking in the top car-park, meandering […]
Still moving! As Day 1 of moving ebbed away we both fell asleep quickly, despite the speeding trains passing close by on the West Coast Mainline. Although the trains did little to disturb me, I was woken in the night by Willy clambering around the boat. He was desperately removing hatches and doors, trying […]
Moving: trauma or ecstacy?! Moving your new boat for the first time, seems, from my limited research, to often be stressful. The new boat owners I have met had boat-moving stories of battery failures, overheating, and struggling with the general vagaries of their new purchase. One couple had blown the entire boat electrics. Others hadn’t […]