Wednesday 1st December - it is snowing in the UK. People are advised not to travel.
Wednesday 1st December 2:30pm - M20 closed and Operation Stack begins (all freight bound for France is stopped and forms a queue on the motorway.
Wednesday 1st December 3.00pm - Andy (thanks to Smilie Trev) departs Twickenham Studios in a van filled to the brim with baked beans, cheddar cheese, chocolate digestives, marmite, bacon and sausages.
The UK is a white-out and the roads are a mess.
Andy battles his way to Eurostar and, thanks to stunning intervention from Satnav, gets onto the freight train to France.
Thursday 2nd December : 04:00 Andy arrives home on the barge.
Thursday 2nd December : 07:00 Andy is attacked by two excited boys.
Thursday 2nd December : 1pm Andy and his boys enjoy a proper British bacon sarnie for lunch.
It is good to have him back.
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Ship's Log of a journey through Europe 2010 - 2012
Lobelia
163 tons, 39m long, 5.06m wide, converted Belgianspitz barge.
Built in 1962 in Willebroek, Belgium. Carried 350 tons of various cargo until taken out of service in 2003.
Mercedes V10 engine 350hp, 70hp bowthruster, twin rudders.
Converted by current owners.
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- The Ship's Crew : Captain Bailey at the wheel, Shiver me-timbers in the galley, Pirate Dan on deck and not forgetting Bilge Rat Cal.
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