wandering snail

Not sure that those worries are so relevant as the 3 month rule which will make the few thousand to get the boat over rather an expensive holiday. After several years over there with Snail (see the blog and/or buy my book A Cigar in Belgium) and coming back only because of Brexit uncertainties, we are looking at returning as Belgian residents this time to get around the Brexit problems. Of course, we will have to pay in to their health system completely but we will be able to travel freely again between other countries' waterways with Snail again.

Please keep up your spectatcular efforts as we will be following you down in a week or two!

Here's what OH did with a 30fter. The headboard moved forward to change the sofa to a fixed double bed.

It re-opened on the 6th Dec I think when another tree fell in November. Several new rock falls and scree slips too. Not surprising with all the rain swelling the streams running down the cutting sides. We're just pleased to have got through unscathed!

We enjoyed a cheerful, sunny cruise too on the Shroppie, although not without incident. See 'winter tree and hedge management' thread.

Tree down across the canal just before we got to it at Woodseaves Cutting on the Shroppie yesterday during our Christmas Day cruise. Managed to eventually go over it after judicious use of the bowsaw while watching as it continued to slip down the hillside and further in to the cut. C&RT informed that they've another to add to their list.

This today on the Adderley flight is, so far the worst we've had to deal with, even worse than a sprung mattress on the Northampton Arm. It's the stuff C&RT contractors use to make temporary dams with and nothing on board would cut through it. Made our 65hp engine stop dead!

One at Wheaton Aston last month with a winter mooring licence but not actually on them!