After a few days at the nice village of Market Drayton we resume cruising. Lawrance is at the tiller (beautiful day, hardly any wind, lots of sunshine). After the five Tyrley Locks, which are heavy, and unpredictable, we have to lower our speed: road works in Woodseaves Cutting. Woodseaves Cutting reminds us of a tropical … Read More →
After a pointless walk to the Post Office in Audlem (closed till further notice), and having Gary Spruce delivering a new CO-alarm, we set off. No sun today, and strong winds, guess who’s on the tiller? And who’s doing the twelve remaining locks of the Audlem Flight? To keep up my lock skills I do … Read More →
Yes, we’re on our way. Hurricane force winds… I decide to forfeit my day on the tiller. Lawrance reverses out of the jetty… and immediately goes diagonally towards the slipway, at great speed. He manages to reverse and to line us up with the exit, but then the wind catches us again and throws us … Read More →
And what about Lawrance and me? Well, while WRT is getting a complete make-over, we have temporary accommodation in a caravan. For a month we will live in a space the size of our saloon plus dinette. With a 40 litre fresh water tank, a grey water tank we have to empty every so often, … Read More →
That’s basically a good summary of the weather we had over the last ten days. And I can even be a bit more precise: the first day it was nice, sunny weather and then the next day was horrible. Followed by another sunny day, and another horrible day. I could just CTRL-C and CTRL-V this … Read More →
It’s a beautiful Sunday. It’s sunny, and the marina is as calm as a mill pond. Lawrance has just finished his breakfast, and is doing this, that and the other. He serviced the engine, a couple of days ago, and after that we had a diesel leak. We did get a new diesel pipe, but … Read More →
No, we didn’t move the boat to the Sahara. I mean our new solar panels. Free electricity, what could be better for a frugal Scottish man and an even more frugal Dutch woman? Of course, we paid for the panels, and I calculated it will takes us 3500 days (more than 9.5 years) in the … Read More →
I know, I can clearly see all the question marks that are popping up. Don’t worry, I will explain. And yes, I had a wee nip, but I just did the dishes, and nothing got broken. So what is the above sentence? It’s the beginning of Address To a Haggis, a poem written by the … Read More →
No, I didn’t wear some flowers in my hair, but other than that, I certainly looked right. So did Lawrance, with his Blue Suede Shoes. This is how we ended 2015: Back to the 60s. And although we were at the same party, Lawrance definitely went to another time than I did. But it was … Read More →
It’s Christmas Eve: shopping done, Christmas Dinner prepared, WRT tidied up, us showered and shaved (well… him, not me. I’m only showered), ready for the big day. And no, we won’t have a white Christmas, that’s for sure. It’s raining all day. We’re not sure whether to do the prezzies just after midnight, or do … Read More →