Josh is the "boss " of the boat. What he wants he generally gets, and the rest of the crew's lives orientate around him.
Josh is a Labradoodle born on 29 March 2006
His full name is Joshua Bandanna.
His parents: The sire: Templars Murphy; a black multi generation Labradoodle from labradoodle parents, grandparents and various labrador, standard poodle and labradoodle Great Grandparents but whose Great Great Grandparents were Crufts champions Crosscoyed Cotton on Quick and Kamarris Tonyon
The Dam: Kimberlenes Bonnie; a white first generation labradoodle from a white Standard poodle and yellow labrador parents with Great Grand parents being Crufts Champions Magin Masterpeice for Kamaris, Ben of Mallowdale, and Sandylands Off Beat with 9 different Cruft Champions as her Great Great parents.
Jan
Jan is married to Alistair and is currently a Civil Servant working and commuting into London.
Jan has had a varied career, from serving in the Army, to working at the Ministry of Defence in London and for Commander in Chief Fleet in Portsmouth.
She is currently working in Ministry of Justice and will finish her career in March to start life on the canals.
Jan dislikes having her photograph taken and when she finds one that she likes, she has promised that it will get published on here.
Alistair
Alistair retired from the Royal Fleet Auxilairy (RFA) in 2006 at the rank of Captain. He saw service on a number of ships both within the Royal Navy and RFA and involved in numerous conflicts between 1977 and 2006. He left the RFA as Deputy Assistant Chief Of Staff to CinCFleet and had previously commanded ships in support of operations within the Gulf and around the UK.
Alistair on retiring was elected as a District Councillor and became the Leader of Harborough District Council but resigned in 2009 due to poor heath.
