Shangri La at Bradford on Avon Semington to Bradford After our drydocking at Semington(See this post), as were were already half way there, we thought we would continue on down the Kennet and Avon canal, to Bradford on Avan, and on to Bath, spend a day there and then...
Outward Trip The trip on Shangri La down to the dry dock was pretty straightforward – 6 locks, 5 swing bridges – Set out at 12.20 on Sunday, and arrived at 17.25 Karen had to do all the hard work – she hadn’t done locks or swing bridges for a...
Shangri La – April 2026 – K and A Canal I have not posted anything here for ages! Mainly because we have not been going anywhere. Shangri La, our 58 x 11 ft widebeam barge, has been moored up here on the Foxhangers private moorings since August 2021, while...
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....
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...
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.