| 16th to 18th April 1993 |
Thames Valley SPICE Canal Cruise. Gayton Marina is located on the Blisworth Arm of the Grand Union Canal between the villages of Gayton and Blisworth in Northamptonshire. |
| 28th to 30th April 1995 |
Thames Valley SPICE Canal Cruise. Alvechurch Marina is located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal on the outskirts of the village of Alvechurch in Worcestershire. |
| 28th to 31st March 1997 |
South London SPICE Canal Cruise, River Wey, Guildford with Wee Diane & Cockney Wanker. Easter on Guildford Castle Narrowboat. |
| 18th to 20th April 1997 |
East Midlands SPICE Canal Cruise, Alvechurch. Whinchat Narrowboat. Met Hilary Bagnall. |
| May 2001 |
Anderton Marina, Narrowboat Gannet, Trent & Mersey Canal, Big Lock Pub, Shropshire Union Canal. |
| April/May 2002 |
Anderton, Barbridge, Chester, Calverley, Middlewich. House Sparrow Narrowboat. |
| March 2003 |
Gayton Marina, Northamptonshire. Hedge Sparrow Narrowboat. On the canal between Braunston and Napton which is part of the earlier Oxford Canal.. |
| March 2004 |
Alvechurch Marina |
| March 2005 |
Llangollen Canal - Willey
Moor Lock, Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, Llangollen, Poachers
Pocket, Whitchurch, Blue Bell Inn, Marbury Lock, Wrensbury |
| March 2006 |
Kennet & Avon - Hilperton, Limpley Stoke, Bristol, Bath,
Bradford on Avon (Lock Inn Cafe) |
| April 2007 |
Blisworth Marina, Northamptonshire to Market Harborough and
return. Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of 2 "staircases" each of 5 locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough.. Slavonian Grebe Narrowboat. |
| Saturday 11th October 2008 |
The Ashton Canal with Mule and Katrina. This canal winds its 6 mile way
via 18 narrow locks from Ashton-under-Lyne (Dukinfield
Junction with the Peak Forest Canal) through densely
populated areas to Ducie Street in Manchester (Ducie
Junction with the Rochdale Canal). |
| March/April 2009 |
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Great weather for Wales and
some fantastic scenery. Our boat was comfortable but pretty
basic, but some of the others we saw (Beacon
Park Boats) had onboard hot-tub Jacuzzi, plush kitchen
with granite worktops, luxury bathroom and 5 foot 4 poster
bed! The canal is quite shallow in places. |
| March 2010 |
Gayton Marina via Norton and Braunston Junctions to Banbury
and return. |
| Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September 2010 |
Sheffield
and South Yorkshire Navigation (Stainforth and Keadby Canal)
starting from Blue Water Marina, Thorne and passing through
Thorne Swing Bridge, another Swing Bridge, Thorne Lock No 16
and Stainforth Junction - Junction of Sheffield and South
Yorkshire Navigation and Stainforth and Keadby Canal. Sunday
lunch in New Inn at Stainforth on the way back.
Then onto
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) at
Bramwith Junction
continuing via Barnby Dun Lift Bridge, Long Sandall Lock No
13, Kids throwing rocks! Passed through Doncaster Town Lock
No 12, Don Viaduct (A1 (M)), Sprotbrough Lock No 11 (Fault
on electric control system), under Sprotbrough Bridge and
moored for the night at 48hr moorings opposite Sprotbrough
Boat Inn. Couple camping with 2 dogs next door. Cadbury
found discarded corned beef tin and cut tongue. Our
companions were Sandra, and golden retrievers Barney and
Slammer. |
|
September 2011 |
Shropshire Union Canal with Annie. Marine Cruises Narrowboat Debbie. Nantwich, Shroppie Fly Pub Audlem, Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Market Drayton. |
|
Saturday 18th to Saturday 25th October 2014 |
Leicester
Branch of the Grand Union Canal with Keith and Sarah on
Sandpiper. Friday night at Travelodge and Red Cow pub at
Leicester Forest East.
Leicester Marina
(near huge Sainsburys), Castle Gardens Leicester (The High
Cross, J D Wetherspoon pub), Sunday lunchtime Fox & Tiger at
Blaby (Waitrose), Kilby Bridge (The Navigation pub), Union
Wharf, Market Harborough (The Waterfront Restaurant), Foxton
(Black Horse), Welford (Wharf Inn), Crick (The Moorings),
Welton Hythe (New Inn),
Welton Hythe Marina. |
|
Wednesday 12th to Tuesday 18th July 2017 |
Falkirk Wheel Narrowboat Holiday for Sandra Willis 50th Birthday on the Forth and
Clyde and the Union Canals.
Falkirk Wheel, BBQ, Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Auchinstarry, Glasgow, Falkirk. |
| Monday 20th - Thursday 23rd August 2018 |
Bishop's Stortford to Stonebridge on the rivers Stort and Lee on the Golden Boyz narrowboat with Sandra Willis, and Golden Retrievers Cosmo & Daiquiri. Also our Vera. |
| September 2019 |
We picked up our narrowboat "Sophie" for the last week in September from the Napton Narrowboats Marina on the Oxford Canal in Warwickshire and trundled south through the Napton Lock flight towards Oxford. We turned around at Aynho Wharf where we had an evening meal with Annie in the Great Western Arms. On the return leg we moored at Banbury to meet Keith and Sarah. |
| 22 February to 30 September 2021 |
Continuous cruising on The Duke. Read all about it on
The Duke Narrowboat Blog. |
| 14-18 August 2023 |
Beacon Park Boats Heron Narrowboat on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Llangattock, Brecon Basin, Talybont on Usk, Ashford Tunnel, 6 Llangynidr Locks (Green Man Festival). |
