have boat will travel

Back in the days when we were waiting for my passport to be returned, Woz and I were itching to travel and with no idea of how long my passport would be held, we decided that we'd do a trip away on the boat. This coming Monday is a bank holiday so we're going to to head out tomorrow afternoon and will return on Monday night. The beauty of it is that we can go as far as we like and then pull up anywhere and moor for the night. I love it! No packing, no preparation required.

The exciting part is that a friend of mine from Melbourne who I studied Auslan with, Adam (otherwise known as Tinks), is arriving in London on Friday and is going to come with us! Growing up, holidays were always so much fun when you had friends with you and for me the novelty hasn't worn off. We had already planned to take the boat out and happened to be chatting to Tinks online this week while he was in Scotland. When he mentioned that he was coming down to London on Friday we invited him to come with us and the rest is history!

Of course he thinks he's coming on a quaint little holiday in the English countryside on a canal boat but really we'll be putting him to work on the boat, helping us out with the millions of locks we'll come across as we head towards the River Lee.

Update: Slight change of plans. The weather on Sunday looks a bit iffy and as it is a beautifully warm night we've decided to get a headstart and leave tonight. Woz can take the tube into work from where we stop and I will be able to hang out with Nate in new surroundings. Adventure here we come!