Shangri La Drydocking 2023

Shangri La Drydocking 2023

Shangri La at Semington Shangri La Drydocking 2023. So in August we made the huge trip from Foxhangers down to Semington to give her a much needed drydocking. 5 Swing Bridges and 6 locks. We set out on the Sunday late morning, and arrived there mid afternoon....

On the Midland Waterways

Normally my posts are about trips on our own boat, but recently I did a boat moving trip, mostly on the midland waterways, from Eynsham to Tardebigge. Purpose of the trip was repositioning some hire boats – so a bit of a free holiday. The 2 boats we moved The...

The Three Magpies

Why a trip to The Three Magpies? Several reason for the trip to The Three Magpies: Since I moved the boat to our mooring here at Foxhangers near Devizes, (Read about that trip here) the boat has hardly moved, other than across to the pump out. Since we bought the...

Newbury to Devizes – Part 4 – The Caen Hill Flight

View from the bottom of the Caen Hill Flight! The title of this post is probably a bit incorrect, as we had already past the actual town of Devizes, but the Foxhangers moorings at the bottom of the Caen Hill Flight is still technically in Devizes. The team My friends...

Newbury to Devizes – Part 3

This part of the journey from Newbury to Devizes takes us from Pewsey, along about 10 miles of canal with no locks, but many narrow and overgrown sections, till we reach Devizes and start the descent of Caen Hill. We did the first three locks going down and moored up...

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