Tuesday 30 September 2008

chi-cheemaun goes to Fazeley Mill Marina



Yes another day at Fazeley and even more rain so I have had a short cruise to Fazeley Mill Marina for esential supplies such as diesel @79p per litre .This seems to be the cheapest diesel in the area and i also topped up with coal and gas just for good measure .

Thursday 25 September 2008

RETURN OF CHI-CHEEMAUN


Today we have cruised from the top of Atherstone locks to the B.W.B office at Fazeley which has took six hours . We will stay here for a few days to deal with some important issues.Well fingers crossed Bw will not move us on to quickly and we can do what we have to before returning to our mooring for the winter.

Monday 22 September 2008

THE NORMAL WEATHER RETURNS


Hi fellow boaters we have cruised to Rose Narrowboats just a short cruise because the rain has returned . Tomorrow we will make for Rugby and a chance to call at Tesco so that we don't starve well that's if it doesn't snow.

Sunday 21 September 2008

The Cruise Continues


Yes we have moved again from Atherstone to Hawksbury .A pleasant days cruising with out rain and quite a lot of sun . Tomorrow we will continue to the junction and the stop lock and on towards Rugby.

Thursday 18 September 2008

The Sun has arrived


Well its that blog man again trying to keep someone name Lannett happy she needs the blog to brighten up her day. So this is for u Lanni.

A Day painting the boat


Well I am a lucky boater a nice fine day and the chance to put some paint on the old boat.
Well its a change to have the weather to paint but tomorrow its back to normal and a cruise back to Fazeley and get the shopping in ready for the continuation of our cruise.

Monday 15 September 2008

CRUISING TO FAZELEY


Hi folks and my friend Colin we have arrived at the visitor moorings at Fazeley which are now 48 hours only ,well they dont want us to overstay our welcome.
A shopping day tomorrow and then onwards towards Glascote locks ,more hard work for the wife but she likes it I hope.

Sunday 14 September 2008

IT MUST BE SUMMER AT LAST



Hi folks today we have cruised from Handsacre to Sutton Road Bridge at Fazeley .It has been a pleasant day not wall to wall sunshine but it was dry .Just one small hiccup i picked up some rubbish and had to clear the prop ,well it give me something to do i suppose.

Saturday 13 September 2008

The cruise continues


Just a short cruise from Gt.Haywood junction to Handsacre with of cause a stop at Rugley for the essential food supplys . I was pleased to find the chippy was still open but sorry to see the Crown Pub on the canal side has closed .
Its a shame that the boaters watering holes are saddly getting few and far between lets hope someone reopens the Crown soon.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

Chicheemaun and the days cruise


Today we have cruised to Tixel Wide not far but a pleasant day and plenty of water in fact to much many of the fields are under water .
After we had moored up we met up with some friends from America Dennis and Diane who have a boat and spend as much time as they can cruising the canals.

Tuesday 9 September 2008

A day at stafford


We have spent our day moored near Radford Bank and owing to the very heavy rain we just chilled out for the day.
The fields around us are flooded because the river Penk has once again burst its banks.
We went to the pub for a carvery only to be told that out of 3 meats they only had gammon . As you can gess i was not impressed and sugested they should sack the manager and chef .
So we returned to the boat and cooked our meal .

Monday 8 September 2008

A day cruising to Stafford



Yes we made it we cruised from our mooring to Radford Bank followed closely by Dave and Joy also from Otherton Boat Haven.

A nice day not sunny but atleast it was dry and plenty of water below the boat lets hope tomorrow will be as nice ( fingers crossed ).

Sunday 7 September 2008

THE RETURN OF CHI-CHEEMAUN



We cant wait any longer for the summer sun to arrive so lookout other boaters we will be cruising again from the 8th September onwards .

Well it will stop us from going mad and give the boat some thing to do other than sit in the water .

At least we will have plenty of water to cruise we will be heading towards Gt.Haywood and the Trent and Mersey canal.

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