Little jaunts
I feel I need to preface this little blog with a disclaimer - it does not describe any non essential cruising in lockdown, just the random bits we managed over…
Lockdown with a broken boat
I see a lot of CRT (Canal and River Trust) bashing on social media but the way in which they have worked with us to help us get our boat…
October half term 2020 – The River…
That magical rare confluence of events had occurred, the rare triad of me having annual leave over half term and Keith being off for a week between shifts - hurrah…
And I’m back!
It's been a while since I blogged as life just got in the way. My job radically changed, I started to deal with some personal stuff, I said goodbye to…
The decision to buy a Narrowboat
To boat or not to boat - well the answer was always to boat whatever the weather! I grew up narrowboating with family and was keen to inflict these lovely…
Fancy a bit of night cruising?
Taking advantage of an unplanned couple of days off we decided, uncharacteristically, to have a cheeky little trip out, taking advantage of the late autumn weather. During our recent meander…
Sunshine on The Coventry
A whole 8 days. No work. No plans. Apart from a bit of summer boating. With nothing specific planned except sporadically rescuing Betty from the canal and a trip up…
Sprucing up the mooring with absolutely no flashing at all. Honest.
Our lovely little mooring has been a bit neglected for a long time. When daughter number 1 and I came to view the mooring, it was completely overgrown. The owner,…
Happy family boating!
Half term. That pesky random confluence of the stars has aligned and daughter number 1 is home from university, gleefully spreading her mess, sorry, belongings, around the house. Every clear…
Fancy a quick one?
Quite soon after deciding that we will not be taking the teenager on the boat again unless she begs, we found ourselves with a few free days. Usurprisingly, we loaded…
Post-nights confusion
Facing the correct way to take her back into the marina for work on the fuel tank, after we had turned her around and left Shobnall with some of our…
The turn around
Bringing the boat out of the marina and back to the mooring after her recent blacking was relatively stress free with no major incident to report. We had popped her…
Should I be excited about bottom blacking?
The boat has been booked in to have her hull blacked in April since October last year. She is booked into Streethay services at their Willington base, which, coincidentally is…