Gecko's Progress

It is almost a year since Gecko was sold and even longer since  Gecko's Progress was active but neither the boat nor the blog has comp...

Yes, we have finally hung up our windlasses  and moved ashore to live. Our home for the past 12 years is now  SOLD

Since reducing their service to one train per day on each route, Northern Rail claim they are the most reliable rail franchise operator in U...

The last one in 2016 was great fun and this year the Southport Air Show is taking place over the same weekend so there will be plenty to s...

Canal and Rivers Trust (C&RT)  have recently been 'consulting' with interested parties on a review of how boats are licenced fo...

On BBC Radio Four's consumer programme this morning You  & Yours Winifred Robinson was discussing the report from the debt help gro...

Our plan today was to make sufficient progress along the Bridgewater Canal to get us through Wigan tomorrow. As some stretches of the Bridge...

Quite an eventful day. We set off from Middlewich  at 7am in order to descend the five locks before other boats were on the move.. In fact t...

We have been dogged with communication problems this trip. When we have cellular coverage we have been too busy with other activities to wri...

Last Saturday we posted  a birthday card to our ten year old grandson.  We handed it in to the post office near Barleston Station at 7am....