We finally get off the Coventry Canal at Fradley Junction, but not before seeing for ourselves the impact of the drought. We have a bumpy start and get stuck in a lock, we need help from the Canal...

Our Narrowboat Escape continues as we leave Polesworth and head through the Glascote locks, little do we know that they shut at 3pm but we make it after rescuing another boat in trouble, nearly have...

The summer of 2025 has flown by and long gone are the hot barmy days. This is our visit to the Aqueduct Boat Show and camp site, staying in a bell tent.. I had hoped to include this in one of our...

We have ourselves a convoy of narrowboats trying to escape the canal closures. We have ten 10 days to beat the canal closures and get our narrowboat to safe waters and it’s a mammoth task to...

At the end of the Ashby Canal on our narrowboat home, we start to head off the canal when the Canal & River Trust make a huge announcement that will change our future plans. Due to a severe...

Do we avoid a collision with this narrowboat? This is the last stretch of the glorious Ashby Canal. The scenery just gets better as we travel along on our boat on arguably the most stunning stretch...

It’s the second leg of our journey on the beautiful Ashby Canal. Why are alarm bells ringing. What’s so special about Stoke Golding. I’m cruising on my own, but where is Anthony...

We leave Brinklow Marina and the Electric narrowboat Show behind us and head off the Oxford Canal, onto the Coventry and new waters for us, the Ashby Canal. Friends warn us the water levels are low...

After repairing the propellor on our electric narrrowboat, we get ready for the second electric narrowboat show, organised by Ortomarine, it’s Electrika 2. We look at some new narrowboats...