Sunday morning, we set off up the river lee heading to Broxbourne. The river is very rural and quite beautiful as we enter The Lee Country Park. Only 3 locks today but all are manual and incredibly hard to work. There are so many small day boats out. The Lee Valley Boat Centre being the … Continue reading The River Lee and The Crown Pub
Wonderful weather today and again a surprise with how green everything was. We had a really nice trip and Jan and Paul enjoyed their first cruise experience doing Denham deep lock. Willowtree Marina is very nice and we had time to have a late lunch at the “lock & quay” the food was excellent.
Today we travelled further along the Grand Union canal to moor up opposite Rugby Boat Sales which was where we bought "Iron Butterfly" back in October 2017. This was probably one of the best decisions we have made. We really love this boat which is giving us so much pleasure in the summers and spawned … Continue reading Return to the start of a new life
We visited this Camping Almayate Costa last year just one day after it had re-opened following a Winter closure. Last year we thought it was rather bleak and a bit austere. We were one of only three vans there and the site was just starting to function again. This year it was totally different as … Continue reading Camping Almayate Costa
Our friends Anita and Beat from Switzerland took us to El Jardin de Kalifa and what a gem. Situated in Vejer which is a beautiful moorish town perched on the side of a big hill in Andalusia. It is as impressive as Granada and Córdoba. The one thing it doesn't have is the ability to … Continue reading The Kalifas Garden, Vejer
This town is beautiful and it doesn't appear on any of the standard tourist information in the area. It is perched 300m above vast valleys with stunning views from every way you look. The main square equals Marbellas orange square in character and has several well appointed restaurants and bars. We had a lunch at … Continue reading Medina Sidonia
Finally arrived in Salamanca which is the first stop on our Winter Adventure 2018/19 after a long but uneventful journey from Bilbao International port. The ferry crossing was classified as very rough in the Bay of Biscay but we found it reasonably comfortable and the rocking of the boat sent us to sleep. We must … Continue reading Salamanca and Restaurant Delicatessen
The Clock Warehouse restaurant/pub is located next to the canal in Shardlow, Derbyshire housed in a 18th century warehouse. We decided to have a Sunday Lunch here whilst visiting this inland port ( more of this in another post ) John had Roast Beef and I had Roast Pork, both accompanied by all the usual … Continue reading The Clock Warehouse, Shardlow – Trent and Mersey Canal
Coventry is (in)famous for the tale of Lady Godiva riding naked through the town on horseback. After examining the statue closely we saw Cosy Club behind Godiva's behind. This chain of restaurants offers good food and wines so it was easily decided to eat there. We were both not disappointed as it had exactly the … Continue reading Dinner behind Lady Godiva
This is a unique canal, (a spur off the Coventry canal). It has no locks. It is very rural and very pretty. We journeyed over 20 miles up past bridge 53 before winding (turning) around. Our overnight mooring on our return leg was at bridge 32. It was there we discovered ‘the dog and hedgehog’ … Continue reading Ashby canal – the dog and hedgehog
