Latest Adventures
Newbury to Devizes – Part 1
Newbury Bridge We are so lucky my trusty friends and crew Wyn and Donna were willing and able to help me with the last stage of the trip down to Devizes. And of course, I am so disappointed Karen wasn’t able to be part of it. I did manage to keep her updated with pics...
Reading to Newbury
The next stage of the trip, Reading to Newbury, also went pretty well much according to plan! Such a shame Karen was busy on a care job, so couldn’t be with me. Fortunately, a lovely couple, Donna and Wyn, who we met during our boating travels in France, were both...
Windsor to Reading
I love it when a plan comes together, and the trip from Windsor to Reading went pretty much to plan! Shirley Anne in Windsor The planning app I used said it would take 14 hours – we took 13.75 hours. The other part of the plan was for Karen to hire a car, collect me...
It’s all in the planning!
Like most things – It’s all in the planning! Since my last post we have done the deed and Shirley Anne (soon to be Shangri La) is ours. Karen collected the keys last week. And now we are planning how to get her from Windsor on the Thames to near Devizes on the Kennet...
Life on the Kennet and Avon Canal
Lock on the Kennet and Avon It’s been 2 months since I last posted, and a lot has happened in my life on the Kennet and Avon Canal – both from a job perspective, and with our boat buying journey. I have settled into the job of supervising the turn around procedure of...
Another boating chapter begins!
I last posted in May 2020 and just before that in March 2020, where I mentioned our plans to relocate to the UK. Well, ‘you know what’ pretty well scuppered all that! But suddenly, things are looking up! We eventually arrived here in the UK in November 2020. My wife...
More Bridges on the Netherlands Waterways
And some more bridges on the Netherlands waterways that we encountered on our cruising - Flood Barrier Well I suppose technically this is not a bridge - but a pretty imposing structure - the flood barrier on the Hollandse Ijssel, near Rotterdam. Spaansebrug...
Bridges on the Netherlands Waterways
Even though we no longer have Shangri La, I still love looking back at the photos and reminiscing! We think those few years were the best of our lives. I was reminded of the huge number of bridges on the Netherlands Waterways – which of course is not surprising given...
London – Regents Canal
Lisson Grove - Regents Canal Regents Canal It has been nearly a year since I last posted. Did not really expect to be posting at all. Thought my canal days were over! (We sold Shangri La in 2018). Well maybe not! Given the situation in SA, Karen and I are relocating...
More interesting boats (part 3)
And here are the last of these interesting boats we have seen - this time mostly the rather deadbeat and derelict ones in France! Interesting colour scheme Saw this one somewhere in the Netherlands. Would love to know what inspired this colour scheme! Deadbeat-boat on...
About Me
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.