Hail to the Hive! Two days ago we turned left at the junction in Braunston and are now on a section we've never been on before. Having moored up the first night next to Bridge 100 we took in the splendid

Hail to the Hive! So today we headed off back along the last bit of familiar canal that we had traveled down a month ago. Just ahead lay Braunston tunnel. We've been through it before and decided we'd

Hail to all you Hivers! We are now settling into a groove on the Narrowboat, still learning but no longer feeling the need to cover big distance. It matters not. I have started to look for nice spots to

Hail to the Hive! So today we continue our journey out through Leicestershire, headed south on the Leicester arm of the Grand Union Canal. There are a lot of canal locks on this section. We did a mild

Hail to the Hive! Living on the waterways in the UK you come across all manner of different boats. Steel Narrowboats, fiberglass boats, wooden hulled boats in all different shapes and configurations. We

Hail to the Hive! I had to get my new bridge fix in as we passed through Kings Lock today before mooring up for the night. I do love the way the lock gates can be seen through the bridge with the narrow

Good Morning Coffee Lovers So this morning we have coffee again. We'd managed to break our one and only Moka pot a while back but luckily a friend, @xwidep, brought us a replacement he had going spare

Hail to the Hive! We had a long days cruising today and tackled the 10 locks at Foxton Locks in Leicestershire. As we were coming up from Daventry it meant we were coming down the lock flight. As soon

Hail to the Hive! I'm loving life on the canal and i am loving the lock mechanisms. There's a lot of variation from canal network to network as back in the day they were all operated by different companies.