Holiday Afloat

We have just returned from a super holiday on the Leeds/Liverpool Canal, as guests of Ron and Grace who hired the newest, largest, most luxurious narrowboat available!  The weather wasn't always marvellous, but the company was great, the accommodation spacious - we had our own en suite cabins complete with showers, there was most efficient central heating (and a great little stove on which we burned Martin's HotMax), the galley was roomy and beautifully fitted, and if all that wasn't enough, we ate... and drank!! ... in fine style.   Sadly Ron wasn't too well and took to his bed for some of the time, and Grace was suffering from a nasty cough,  but she soldiered on manfully and was ever cheerful, neither of them allowing their own difficulties to spoil the holiday.

A selection of the photographs we took give a glimpse of the journey we took from Silsden in Yorkshire.

We loved holding up the traffic - this man came to see if we knew what we were doing!

And this craft reminded us of our Ozzie exiles....

We loved Skipton..

And enjoyed a nice walk beneath Castle Hill ....

We spent much time feeding .....

We stopped off to visit Rosie at Nottingham University on our way home.  She took us for a walk around some of the Campus, we met some of her friends, and we drove her out to Wilford Hill, West Bridgford to see the house where her mother was born - very nostalgic for John and I.     We finished off with a 3 course evening meal at the Cafe Rouge in the City Centre which we all much enjoyed.   It was great to get together with our eldest granddaughter who looked wonderful and was great company.

Thank you Grace and Ron for an energetic, yet most relaxing holiday.

(Clever reflection by John!)