January sees several boats enjoying the peaceful cruising of the winter.
Although many of our syndicates chose to have their annual maintenance undertaken during January and February.
This is a very exciting time as we start to prepare for another year of cruising.
Happy New Year

We are looking forward to a wonderful 2017 will new bases and a new boat due this year.
Our engineers are very busy doing the annual winter maintenance to ensure the shared boats are well prepared for the coming cruising season.
Sales have continued over the winter period and I will have several new shares coming available in January.
Happy New Year From all of the Ownashare Team.

With our boats AGM now in full swing it is a great time of year for us when we meet our customers and enjoy a nice meal and discuss our boats.
This year we are meeting at The Globe on the Ashby canal, this has enabled owners to bring the boat to the meeting, now that is being very inclusive.
Most groups have already decided their moorings for next year and many boats have already moved to their new base and if the owners were lucky enough to have booked an autumn week can even enjoy an early cruise too.

Fire works and bonfires are now part of the next few weekends.
With exited and scared children enjoying the fun of halloween and fireworks.
We have watched many firework displays from our boat and at Great Haywood you can have a spectacular view of Shugborough Hall Extravaganza.
I am sure the canal moorings going up towards the lock will have a similar view this year.
Happy Cruising

Another summer comes at a close and the joys of Autumn are upon us.
The lovely warm days and cooler evenings with beautiful changes of colour in the countryside.
We are now restarting the heating and lighting the stoves, this is a gentle reminder that although we would like to stop up all of the draughts we all need to beware of the hidden dangers of carbon monoxide.
This invisible gas can and does kill boaters every year.
Please check your battery in the CO monitor and resist the urge to block up the ventilation.
Happy boating

Autumn has started this week with a distinct change of temperature.
This is the season in which our boat annual general meetings occur with owners getting together to meet and chat and decide the future of the boats mooring location upgrades and maintenance.
For the management company this is a lovely time when we actually get to see the person behind the voice on the phone and likewise for new owners they meet all of the team.

During the last few days of August we look back at the summer, this year we have had very wet winter but pleasant and warm summer days.
Over the last week we have had some unusual storms which bought some welcome rain for the gardens and reservoirs.
We all hope for an Indian summer to provide us with a little more sun before the grip of winter.
I look forward to meeting all of the syndicates over the meetings during the next few months.

Our stand at Over water Marina Audlem Cheshire on the 3rd and 4th September was considering the very poor weather, very well attended.
We met some lovely potential owners over the weekend and provided a great deal of information about our boat share listings.
I am pleased to say that even though we did not have a boat at the show several bookings were made to view boats during this week.

As we approach August I am totally over whelmed this year with the number of shares we have sold.
I have been selling shares for 6 years now and I have never experienced as much interest, even selling three shares whilst cruising on my holidays.
Enquiries are still coming in, something two years ago would have been unheard of.
Currently my stock of available shares is at a record low but this should change as owners return from their summer cruise and evaluate their circumstances.

What a wonderful cruise I had with friends during July.
We had two weeks cruising to the Black Country Museum and return to Stratford on Avon
This is my first trip on the southern Stratford it is a very restful canal, if you excuse the very narrow bridges.
If you have not traveled on this section it is one canal I will be adding to my favourites list.
This journey is one of contrasts, if a little energetic, you can take some relief on the Birmingham sections.