Update

Hi everyone, I'll have to stop leaving our blog updates for so long but because we're not out and about this summer there really isn't that much to report.

Our little mini tour ended up at Somerton deep lock on the Oxford Canal before we turned and headed back. The weather wasn't friendly to us at all! We took a couple of disposable BBQ's with us and there still in the locker. In fact we got wet every day of our trip and came extremely close to turning the heating on on a couple of occasions. I'm not going to complain about the weather at all though because the sheer fact that we were back out on the 'cut' was in itself fantastic. I think the most difficult part of the trip was getting Dee to go back into the marina :) As she always says to me "Better a bad day on the river than a good day in the office"

Did any of you remember to take a quick peek at the eclipse on Friday? unfortunately only a slight chunk out of the corner for us in the UK but nevertheless always fascinating to see. A quick rumble through our cupboards and I was able to retrieve my total eclipse glasses from the 1999 event here in UK.

In the evening we took one of Dee's colleagues Laura and her sister Zoe and mum Mandy out for a quick jaunt to Braunston and back. It always fascinates me to see the reaction on peoples faces when they climb aboard Quidditch for the first time. To discover we actually have hot and cold running water aboard always comes as a bit of shock!! When we do the tour and they also see SkyTV, broadband and central heating, they get a better picture of what todays narrow boating is all about.

We must also say congratulations to our friends Julian, my old boss and Katherine who's wedding we attended in Burnham on Saturday, a great time was had by all and it was good to see a lot of my old colleagues again and for Dee to meet up with them for the first time.

Pictured .... Laura, Zoe, Mandy & Me!