Author: Andrew

  Day One – Nicki and I set off towards Hampton Court on Tuesday, 24th October as we wanted to make the journey down river

Today (Sunday, 8th October 2017) is the day – our first real foray into the barging lifestyle, so, ably assisted by Bob and Jane, Nicki

The wheelhouse had that sinking feeling. Eventually got round to checking that it works OK.  I was a bit concerned because Vetus had to make

  We had arranged for Brendan and and Chris to come down for the day, and were really looking forward to seeing them again.   Once

Today was the day for me to take my ICC and CEVNI tests at the local training school at Bisham Abbey. A nice early start

        We’ve noticed that It seems to be the custom when we meet other barge owners that they hand out their ‘address

  Today we had a visit from Nicki’s sister, brother-in-law and mum who all travelled up from Somerset for their first sight of Shensi, and

Ann and Jane with husbands came to visit us today – and it turned out to be a lovely September day.  Jane and Bob arrived

Maybe I should have left the safety rails up

Well, this was a pretty full-on weekend for us.  Jane and Bob arrived on the Friday evening to stay overnight so that we could get