26th August to 5th Sept

Long gap since our last post, mainly because we haven't been doing anything in particular!  Vincent Joseph is still moored at Norton Junction in a lovely location overlooking fields, and we've been enjoying the glorious weather, waking to misty mornings, baking in the midday heat and watching the swallows skimming over the water in the evenings.  Not a bad life ....

Jean and Barbara

Peter and Roger

 We have also been attending to various bits of business while within reach of Leamington and Coventry, met up with family and friends, and had a great day out with Joseph and Samuel at the Cotswold Wildlife Park.

Roof-top wood box, still awaiting cover

Roger, Samuel and Joseph

 AND Roger spent a couple of days constructing a huge roof-top box to hold all our winter firewood.







Unbelievably, we celebrated the one year anniversary of our move to the boat on 28th August - we have enjoyed life aboard so much that we've decided to do another year, and have rented the house out to new tenants until September 2014 [a decision which may come to seem misguided come December ice and snow, but too late now!] Giving ourselves another year afloat will also allow us to travel to a few more places which we haven't managed this season.   (See Miles and Locks and Things for technical details)

We plan to move on down the Grand Union today, to Gayton Junction, where we will branch off through Northampton and on to the River Nene.  However, we are going to France for a week mid-September, so we shall postpone the Fens adventure until our return.