Lots to be done before we set off - that dark blue won't stay pristine for long. Wait till we hit the first lockside.

Even Nick had to lend a hand scrubbing the foredeck clean .....

....but he did have time to play. A boatyard's full of exciting possibilities when your cousin Nial comes for a visit.

It was by an odd coincidence that this was our next door neighbour. She is now called Under Milk Wood, but we knew her as Celandine B when we used to own her.

It was a little like living on a building site or in a travellers' camp, but, after 3 weeks, Castle Mill Boatyard felt very much like home, and we felt we were leaving friends behind