Penny is on office duty from Thursday to Monday, including the weekends, to give all visitors a sleepy welcome; Paul & Lesley have to keep her company thereby being on hand to help in any way, although Paul is out of the office most Thursdays & Fridays inspecting boats to be taken on brokerage. Lesley somehow manages to squeeze inbetween visitors time to produce ABNB's trademark line drawings and to input all the data for the brochures and database. Paul & Lesley live aboard a 70ft narrowboat and managed a hire fleet of 28 boats before coming to Crick.

Working Monday to Friday is our new member of staff Barry Watson, who has a rich history of canal experience and memories. Barry started on the cut in 1979 and never looked back. He has owned a narrowboat from 1985 and earned his living off the cut when he operated a pair of hotel boats cruising the system from 1997 to 2003. Later he settled down and was the manager of a busy boatyard. He, also, lives aboard a 70ft narrowboat. His wide experience of boating and knowledge of the cut will bring an added dimension to the advice we can offer.