Sarah and I joined up with Mum and Dad to give them a send off and a helping hand through Buckby locks as their grand adventure on Oliver began.

Dad’s come well equipped with lots of new gadgets and gizmos, including the mighty Hercules windlass, a super light-weight barge pole, the WiggleSnapper rope bollard hooking device and the longest selfie-stick known to mankind!

Mum’s been baking and cooking to ensure the larder is well filled and tummies likewise will be kept full and satisfied.  We had a lovely beef bourguignon for dinner, before Sarah and I headed back home and left them to a lovely canal side evening.