Before we get started, here’s some rules about canal boat conduct: Always pass other boats on the right. Always pass other boats at walking pace. Do not intentionally ram other boats at top speed. And while we’re at it, here are a few facts about the boats themselves: They are long and narrow. Kind of […]
Four adults on a relaxing, 4-night canal boat cruise. What could possibly go wrong? Unfortunately, when three of the adults are Slaters, things are bound to get interesting… It’s always been a dream of ours to try living aboard a narrow boat, and drift along the English countryside on the canals, occasionally winding a lock […]
A picture tells a thousand words, right? Well, let’s hope so. Because I’ve run out of words! I’ve been talking so much these last few weeks that I am literally losing the ability to expel new words from inside of me. So what I’ve decided to do is dazzle you all with the photos we’ve […]
Right, where were we? Next stop was on our grand USA adventure was Death Valley Junction. We checked into the only motel anywhere near there, finding it delightfully knackered and ‘quaint’. The ladies who ran the place were very friendly, but as we were leaving the next day they were reporting a guest to the […]
Hi folks! So, some of you may have noticed that I have a new book out! I know, I know. FINALLY! Yes, well, after taking me almost a year to write, ‘Shave My Spider!’ turned out to be a monster at over 180,000 words. That doesn’t seem to have deterred people though, and at the […]
Welcome back blog readers, and apologies for the incredibly long wait between posts! Sometimes real life gets in the way of travel and blogging and stuff, so we will ease back into it with a short one 🙂 Tony has been furiously working on his fifth book for the last few months – in fact, […]
Roo has always had an obsession with small things. Sometimes I think that’s why she married me gets so excited about hamsters. Ahem. In China, we spotted THIS: And Roo was besotted. She talked about the weird bubble-bike-thingumy for days, eventually mapping out a grand adventure all around Australia in one – or possibly in […]
Roo and I have been back in England for a couple of weeks now, and I still haven’t managed to write anything about our month in Wanaka. I guess because the memory is still so sharp; our time there was, to misquote a popular novel, the best of times and the worst of times. Well, […]
So, the time has come to leave our little bolt-hole in Nova Scotia, Canada. We’re flying out to New Zealand, postponing our US trip slightly for personal reasons. We’ve really enjoyed our time here in the Bay of Fundy – home of the world’s highest tides, and… um… ah… No, sorry, that’s it. But man, […]
Well, it looks like this USA trip is a go! First off, I’d like to say a massive THANK-YOU!!! to everyone who replied, with offers of food, accommodation, adventures, and advice. Every one of you is fantastically awesome, as well as super-generous with your time, your food, and your bedding/garden/sandpit/daughter’s tree-house. So, like they say […]