We arrive at our final destination on the Thames at Chertsey. We spend a little time reflecting on the past year and why we do love boats? Going back in a ...

#finalleg #cruisingisover We have our final cruise on our barge taking us from Maidenhead in Berkshire down river to Chertsey in Surrey.  We have some wet ...

We are starting our way downstream the Thames. From Sonning through the locks and the stunning views of the river. We are really enjoying our last few weeks ...

We travel back from Wallingford to Reading taking in the stunning Oxfordshire countryside. On our way we had the pleasure, maybe not...of meeting a madman on ...

We finally reach Wallingford and decide that it is the end of the road for us. We were planning on going all the way to Oxford but time and tide waits for no ...

#thameswater #thameslocks #lockmaster This week we travel from Mapledurham to Goring.  This is a great stretch of the Thames and we were not disappointed with ...

This week we continue our journey upstream the River Thames. Absolutely beautiful scenery bend after bend. The properties on the side of the river are just ...

This week we carry on our journey up stream from Marlow . We pass through the best scenery the Thames has offered up so far. This is really beautiful, we can ...

This week we continue our journey from Windsor to Cookam and Marlow. With all the issues we had before now we are cruising the Thames smoothly without any ...

Some problems come up and we are out of the water again we have loads of jobs to do to get our boat running again. We fit new seacocks as the water line is a ...

This has worked out to be the lowest point on this project. We had a big upset with the boatyard which we are choosing not to mention for now and at least ...

YES. This week we finish the floor in the pilot house.  Much more difficult than we expected, like everything on the boat. Turned out to be a huge job because ...

This week we get in to finishing the Pilot House! The bits that we have been working on for so long are just starting to come up to life. It’s like putting a ...

To our surprise we get ahead of ourselves when Carla gets stuck into the Pilot House this week. She manages to do half of it and then runs out of materials. So ...

What a week, Carla gets her thumb caught in the door, Ouch... that hurts! And Simon cut his finger on the circular saw. So yes, luck wasn't really on our side ...

#newplans #boatproject #workingon boats We take a new look at the back cabin and decided that the layout is not good. After some deliberation we stripp it all ...

#toiletsonboats #poopingontheboat #blacktanks This week we finish the sidewalls in the Saloon which made the boat look much bigger. We put in a skin fitting ...

#boatwork #boatyard #workinghard This week we finally get home from our trip to Portugal. After 8 weeks we go down to the boat yard to find the yard flooded ...

This week we finally get around to fitting out the Sprinter as a Camper Van. Like aways it looks like one weeks work but it has taken four weeks in total. ...

This week we look back over the rest of our journey from Panama to Europe. We pick out some of the best islands and Cays that we have visited. We also go ...

We are making a review of our sailing adventure and how it all ended into the Barge project. On this episode we look back on our time in the Caribbean, when we ...

#throughbackintime #backintheday #inspirationdaily #memories This week to celebrate episode 200 we take time to talk about the first year of cruising on the ...

#catlove #catboy #catsailor #loveyourpet This week we make a tribute to Dobby! Our baby passed away this week…everything was so quick, in less than two and a ...

#boatcost #howmuch #bargecosts This week we tell you how much is costing to fit out our Barge. We are keeping a spread sheet with all the costs so we will know ...