It's that time of year again...

We've had a lovely time day tripping and occasionally overnighting on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.

But with the days growing shorter, the nights closing in, the Winter Stoppages beginning and the frosts approaching, it was really time to take Honey home and get everything secured for the winter.

This made me sad last year and no less sad this year. Boats are not for winterising - they are for loving. But sadly, needs must.

Our autumn cruises have been glorious though, as you can see.

I don't apologise for the incongruous photo of the Ouse in York among that lot. I was walking through the city centre last week, and the photo shouted "Take me!"

The hussy...