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Magical Mystery Tour

One thing about the waterways is ‘stoppages’. A stoppage is when the waterway is closed, for whatever reason. Sometimes they’re planned, to allow necessary and welcome maintenance of the locks or towpaths, and these usually happen in the winter when not many people are cruising anyway. But sometimes they are announced by the Canal and […]

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Leeds and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

We realised we could stay on Derwent Lass without actually doing any boating, and once I’d recovered from Covid, Ian couldn’t wait to go down to Yorkshire for a few days and make sure everything was still in working order and shipshape for our next trip as soon as it was warm enough. The boat […]

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Plan? What plan?

14th June 2021 The plan was, that we would spend a week on Derwent Lass, reserving two days for Ian to install some solar panels on the roof, and have an additional battery fitted by Bronte Boats. I could amuse myself in various ways according to my whim – sorting out cupboards, cleaning, taking photographs, […]