With the rush to get Song & Dance up to Piper Boats for repairs following the springtime bridge fiasco, heading off to Chippenham Festival and Sidmouth Festival while fighting insurance companies and boat surveyors, and the sad passing of our Blog’s glorious leader, updating the Blog itself has unfortunately rather taken a back seat over the summer.

We’re now back afloat, currently on the Caldon Canal between Stoke and Leek, in the drizzly rain, with no immediate plan in mind apart from chilling out for a while, and no Captain to guide us. Normal service for the Blog will be resumed forthwith, and back-filled in due course, if only for our own reference. Here’s hoping for a pleasant couple of months doing not a lot!