Boatwif
The occasional adventures of the Cleddau crew
About Us
We are ‘The Captain’ and ‘Boatwif’, owners of nb Cleddau.
Cleddau was a five year old youngster when we took her on in 1994. She was built for cruising on the River Trent. Over time Cleddau has had internal and external adjustments but she retains her original hull, propeller, anchor and portholes.
When asked (frequently) “What does Cleddau mean?” our response is usually “In Welsh it means swords but Cleddau is the name of the river that flows into the Milford Haven deep water estuary in Pembrokeshire…”
We both grew up in Pembrokeshire; for some years we have kept a record of what we call ‘Monkton Moments’, those exchanges with boaters and non-boaters who recognise our Pembrokeshire connections.
This blog below is a record of our mainly boating adventures.
RECENT KEN & SUE LOCATION
Operation Ashton
You know what it’s like when you have to get up early, you wake periodically through the night. “It’s quarter...
Clinging to the contour
A short cruise: no locks, but two short tunnels and a safe mooring achieved by lunch time. This stretch of the...
Anti-clockwise
Could there be time for a last cruise in 2012? How many days could be squeezed before Meetings filled up the diary...
Basking in sunshine
The world basked in sunshine today, the world, that is, of the Macclesfield Canal. It is such a joy to travel...
Fairy tales
Still moored at Sutton on the Gurnett Aqueduct “There it is!” Boatwif had searched fruitlessly yesterday for the commemorative plaque
A fine day but forgive the cliché...
Tucked up last night on the aqueduct below Bosley locks all was quiet, the skies dark. There was no urban...
The tale of a bear and a Bible
Many times in recent years the Cleddau crew have crawled or whizzed past Congleton by car – but never...
A trip to Follywood
The great Cheshire Plain, on the western side of Cheshire, is well-known. How different though is eastern Cheshire where...
Over supply of rain...
Whether to stay, to go up – or to go down… such was the problem to be faced this morning, not early,...
Slip, glaze and a game of cards
Remember how last week Boatwif had been taken with the idea of an Emma Bridgewater factory tour...
Frog march from Froghall
Confused by the above…? It was down three locks this morning, to discover at the fourth that “the river is in the red”… From...
Trains and boats – and caravans!
Radio 4 listeners may feel deprived of an Archers fix, so a Brookfield picture (taken in Endon) for you!...
Dots before the eyes
Where is Cleddau? And where is the Caldon Canal? The Caldon is 17.5 miles long and heads east and then...
