Boatwif

The occasional adventures of the Cleddau crew

About Us

We are ‘The Captain’ and ‘Boatwif’, owners of nb Cleddau.

Cleddau was a five year old youngster when we took her on in 1994. She was built for cruising on the River Trent. Over time Cleddau has had internal and external adjustments but she retains her original hull, propeller, anchor and portholes.

When asked (frequently) “What does Cleddau mean?” our response is usually “In Welsh it means swords but Cleddau is the name of the river that flows into the Milford Haven deep water estuary in Pembrokeshire…”

We both grew up in Pembrokeshire; for some years we have kept a record of what we call ‘Monkton Moments’, those exchanges with boaters and non-boaters who recognise our Pembrokeshire connections.

This blog below is a record of our mainly boating adventures.

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Cleddau Crew Fly Home

It was a 0520 start from San Marcos on Wednesday morning – and by jiggling with the plus 3 hour...

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It's the way things are...

Gnashing of teeth again on my part that the last entry on the blog took on an unintended appearance; it was dispatched late on Thursday...

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Barking at print...

The Cheshire Son-in-Law has chortled, indeed crowed, over a spelling mistake in the last post.  Little...

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Boatwif changes time zones...

The odd, occasional, new entry from a boatless crew… Boatwif and the Captain have flown into San Diego for some grandparent...

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Processions and parades

So, at about midday today Cleddau returned to Adlington and slowly cruised past her home mooring of...

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A bit of splash ...

An 0752 start – so as to reach the bottom of Bosley Locks, to be ahead of any queues, to liaise with some...

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Changes

It had been a wild night, high winds and lashing rain continuing through the evening deep into the night.  The weather forecasts...

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World wide communication

Last night a Skype call: California calling. “Where are you?” asks the son. “Audlem Locks – but really Haydn Locks,”...

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