On Towards the End of the Year
OUR WEEKLY LOG
September 13, 14 & 15th Back on the Canals Again
We Settle Down to Canal Life--A Crash at the Farm Shop--A Lovely Mooring--Muggins Ends up as an Unofficial Lock Keeper--A Man Pours Out His Troubles
September 16th--22nd We Reach Warwick
Record Price for Fuel--We Lose the Boat!--The Seized Boat--The Weather Becomes too Autumnal for Comfort--Trev Has a Fall--Naughty People Who Moor on the Water Point--A Lovely Canal Hotel Boat--The Newbies--Back in my Home Town--Our Boat Gets Scratched--Moorers Who Outstay Their Welcome--I Meet a School Friend After Forty-three Years!
September 30th--October 9th We Move on, But Stop Yet Again
We Leave Warwick--But Only Move Two Miles--More Friends Visit--On Along the GU--Autumn is Here-We Go Away for a Couple of Days--We Arrive at Braunston
October 10th--21st Slow Progress
A Visit From my Brother--I Have a Disaster--A Surprise Meeting--Neighbours Party Until 4.00 a.m.--I Have a Couple of Days Out--We Value our Peace--We Reach the End of the Canal--The Girls' Reunion
October 10th--20th We Reach the End of Our Autumn Cruise
Friends Come for a Cruise--We Leave the Ashby, and Loose a Letter--We Moor Up for Six Nights--More Friends Come for a Cruise--Six Miles Just to Turn Round!--I Ruminate on the Cost of Boating--We Reach Braunston--Off to Sunnier Climes
Nov. 6th to Dec. 4th A Month in Cyprus
Wonderful Sunny Days and a Very Special Trip
Dec. 6th--18th We Start Our Trip to Llangollen
Who Turned off the Electricity?--We Start Cruising Once More--Diesel Prices Come Down, Hooray!--A Four Day Sojourn at Ansty--Five Long Cruising Days--Free Fuel--No Room at the Water Point--Moored on Tixall Wide--Rough Water--The Trains Aren't Running
Dec. 20th, 2005--Jan. 6th. 2006 We Reach Llangollen
The Aqueduct to Nowhere--Free Fuel--A Shouting Match--I Rip the Cratch Cover--A Christmas Day Crisis--Repair Effected with String and a Coathanger--Frozen Water--And a Frozen Canal--I Get Stuck on the Bottom--Usual Truculent Fishermen!--We Dash Up the Llangollen--The Sheep Rescue--Journey's End
Feb. 18th--27th, 2006 A Slow Saunter on the Golly
A Lovely Welcome Back--A Special Evening Out, with a Disco Thrown in!--Back to--Llangollen--A Day Out--Rotten Weather--Slowly Back Down the Golly--A Surprise Supermarket in the Middle of Nowhere--We Walk Along the Montgomery
Feb. 28th--March 6th 2006 Waiting for the Montgomery to Reopen
Wonderful Wintry Weather--Biding our Time, Waiting for the Monty to Open--More Free Logs--A Couple of Nice Meals Out--Oh, What a Disappointment--
March 7th--17th 2006 We Leave the Llangollen at Last
We Make Our Way to the Junction--A Wonderful Weekend Away--Stolen Diesel--The Michelin Tyre Man--More Free Fuel--A Beautiful Barn Owl--The Lift Bridge is Closed--The End of the Winter Cruise
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