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 week we take you on a tour of our barge.  From Top to tail we go through the whole boat explaining all its secrets. We are so pleased with the results of ...

This is our first voyage and it does not go according to plan ...nor does the second one! But a day later and we are on our way up river if only for a mile or ...

Yes we do manage to get in to the water this week, after fitting the new bow thruster and filling the area under the bed with 1.4 tons of ballast. ...

It was a rush all week on the boat, it is unbelievable the amount of small things to do! It was so much that we didn't record allot of content. But a lot was ...

Things are at last starting to come all together. This week we get stuck in to the electrics in the Bow locker, the Windlass it is working and we manage to ...

We filled up the water tanks just to find out that it was leaking from the fitting in the tank. The second flood was on the engine room when we were filling ...

Lots to do and no time left. We are booked to go in the water next week on Thursday. We get stuck in to cleaning the boat and polish the metal bits that we ...

With a shortage of cable crimps and sleeving it all gets a bit desperate to finish the electrics.   We then have a bit of a blow when we get the cost for the ...

We finally put the exhaust system to bed. Our flexible pipe from MasterFlex arrived and Carla and I fit the system together. We are very pleased to have ...

We finally get around to cutting the prop shaft and attaching the prop to the engine. We spend some time aligning the two up before moving on to the ...

We get heavily into the plumbing this week.  So many different kind of pipes, it’s unbelievable! We might have around 20 different pipes, would you believe ...

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 ...