Spending money but not boating
Ahhh lockdown. A time, albeit enforced and unwelcome, to stop. Take in the air and consider options. Give careful consideration to the next round of renovations on the boat. Save…
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 – Fradley to Rugeley
We left Fradley and passed through the cute Woodend Lock (wire.promises.instincts), collecting a free pile of apples from the bucket on the lawn of the lockhouse - I didn’t just…
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…
A little pootle out in the summer sunshine
My Dad, the boats handyman, joiner, painter, problem fixer and general dogs body, loves my boat. I think it was very nice of me to buy a project for him…
Cheeky quick one
I'm loving our new wooden bespoke painting from the lovely people at cartoonmeplaques (if only I had the technical ability to hyperlink this!!) on fb. Anyway, I adore it and…
Meet the dogs
We have a pile of dogs. They range from medium size to very small, not stinky to very stinky, biddable to totally ignoring us. They all go in the cut…
Starting a blog 😱
Start a blog thought I. Share the nerdy narrowboat stuff online and then people can choose to read it or not. Save the poor folk I work with from listening…
October half term – who needs oil?
As we leave our now familiar mooring in Rugeley, we are planning to turn at the winding hole just before Wolseley Bridge. It’s not actually just before, I’m lying, bridge…