3 Days to go Pegasus still securely moored exactly where it was the night before – feeeeeeeling good. Steve is working at the back (sorry stern) playing with electrics and engine oil and I’m wondering when I can get my oil out, the sun cream variety not the cooking one. The sun is flooding the […]

Tuesday 23 May did not start with any sort of reminiscent routine normality.  We had an early night the night before with the intention of an early start in the morning, which only one of us achieved before 08:30. The other one of us languished in bed and, having looked at the outside temperature from […]

Today started with some kind of normality in that it was as close to our normal retired, not doing up a boat, routine. We had a civilised breakfast meeting and, still refusing to look at maps, I asked how far we were away from Crick, the biggest, most popular inland waterways festival in the UK for […]

When you are retired it’s difficult enough to know what day it is, never mind if it’s a weekend or not. I can see most of you nodding from here! Our destination for Friday night’s mooring was Gayton Marina. As we approached I could see it on our starboard side, with a recently mown lawn […]

Day 16 – Friday 19th May 2023 We moored outside of Northampton Thursday evening after another long day having completed 9 locks broken up by enjoying an unexpected brief lunch at the Britannia Inn.  It had a welcome sign we couldn’t refuse – Moor Up and Join Us. As I knew it was going to […]

I woke up to Steve saying he wanted to make me happy.  I immediately yelled “I’m a prisoner, get me out of heeeeere” but as the helicopter to air lift me out to a waiting jet scheduled for the Caribbean was nowhere to be seen, I replied it has to be a better start than […]

We set off Sunday morning 14th May our deadline. Not caring if there was still a river warning in place as we really did want to be the other side of Wansford and its threat of river closure the following day. At last the sun is shining. At last I can catch up with laundry, […]

Waking up naturally after a good night’s sleep, with my body feeling tight, I posed in front of the mirror as the Angel of the North hoping my bingo wings were as tight as hers. Luckily without my contact lenses I convinced myself that three days on the trot of narrowboat exercise nourished by energy […]

We arrived in Peterborough on Tuesday 9th May and got a brilliant mooring less than half a mile walk from the city centre.  I was so excited to see real shops, real eateries and real wine bars.  We’d been away a week and I’d been missing civilisation especially my independence to explore rural areas as […]

10 Years a Team On 4th May we moored up outside the Cutter Pub in Ely to have a good walk around the town.  Unfortunately the heavens opened up on our return to Pegasus which is when I realised that we’d bought Steve a waterproof jacket and I had been unusually conservative with spending.  How […]