Leaving Norton Junction we negotiated the right hand turn towards Braunston. Our dear friends Elizabeth and Nigel had planned a couple of days in the area and we were keen to share a trip or two on the canals with them. We arranged to meet them at the top of Braunston Locks but first we …
Heading on south on the Leicester Line!
Sometimes this blog "just doesn't come easy"... Either I have little time, really I hear you say as we are cruising at 3 miles an hour, but mostly it is because of poor internet. If you are reading this at all then I am catching up! The Leicester line off the Grand Union Canal is …
Out on the cut to Foxton Locks
We really are in no hurry to go anywhere on this trip! We have two weeks to complete the journey Sara and George did in a week so we are taking it easy and plan on doing some sightseeing! So for our first full day on board we met S&G for some brunch and a …
Somnia time!
I would like to say we are heading for our maiden voyage on Somnia but that is not the case as we had a week back in February! Despite lockdown and long lazy days at Melmore I didn't quite get round to finishing the blog of that trip. Suffice to say we had a lovely …

