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My 12 monthly reflections of 2024 - August, walking it seems - Boat time on Percy as the 1st August saw me back over on a day run to fit the batteries. The old ones were about 5 years in to their service so not too b...
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Braunston - Well it was fine when we left home at 10 am but that was to soon change and at times the road spray made driving pretty grim, however by the time we reac...14 hours ago
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Frederick on test, and the C&O canal - The January edition of *Canal Boat* is out and includes my boat test on *Frederick* by Braidbar boats. There’s also a piece I wrote about the Chesapeake...
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A new design for Herbie's name - Following my signwriting course I've not only been practising brushwork at home but also thinking about repainting Herbie's name on the side of the boat...
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Short Visit - A bit of a catch up: We had a meeting in Rugby Saturday before last (ie 16th) and opted to use the boast for a stopover as it is only half an hour to th...
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Farewell to an old friend but hello to a new family member - So.... the stove...crikey, has it really been 6 weeks since that was done? In those six weeks, a new addition to the family has arrived and the first snow ...
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Map Updates – Issue 156 – November 2024 - I am pleased to say the monthly map updates for my maps for November 2024 are now available. All these monthly map updates mean you not only start with a...5 weeks ago
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The Butty's beginnings - *The Butty's Beginnings* July 2024 Seeing people eyeing up the butty is something of an everyday event, and it's often a prelude to a jam sale, but toda...5 months ago
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Climate change, climate bullshit - Open sidebar [image: The Epoch Times] Open si Trillions Spent on ‘Climate Change’ Based on Faulty Temperature Data, Climate Experts Say 7875 1403 [image:...10 months ago
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Postscript - We arrived back in time for some August events: Sandra Kibble’s funeral on 4 th August, Joyce’s 90th birthday on 12th August. She had asked us to sing, so...
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Back on the rails - I've just spent a most enjoyable long weekend down in Newhaven, and I'm very pleased to say that the train journey, both ways, went without a hitch (and...
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Milestones - I took advantage of the lack of traffic on the main road up the Lune Valley from Lancaster today for a cycle ride to Kirkby Lonsdale and to take some ph...
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Back to our Lockdown Base - We were up early as we had been to bed early the night before and Del showered and went to pull the boat back onto the water point so we were full to th...
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The girls learn social distancing and the River is shut - Moored Bourne End, River Thames It’s been a while I know but we are both just fine here at Bourne End. Our days are full of little jobs, keeping the girls...4 years ago
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Tickety Boo Transformation! - I have, for a long time, wanted to change the interior of the boat. I have gone through phases with her over the years. To then meet somebody who was more ...
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60% Completed - Here in the jones household we have been discussing the status of the security screen on the front door. It’s quite a strong metal screen with three poi...4 years ago
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Saou alley - Another France painting: this is in Saou. I crept out early to catch the sunlight streaming down an alley, then had the best almond croissant of the trip. ...4 years ago
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Batteries replaced and recycled - It's the time of the year when temperatures begin to drop and batteries struggle. As I reported on our recent Autumn Cruise, our stater battery failed as w...
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The Odyssey 2019: Day 10 – Part 3 - Sandbank by RAF No. 4 to the Nene I really enjoyed our time on the beach, but all too quickly the tide turned and we had to head back to sea. This proved t...5 years ago
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For the benefit of Mr Kite and Newbold on Avon - The towpath changed sides once we passed through the stop lock before we moored at Hawkbury, so I was able to clean the other side of Tilly May. Poor girl...
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A’s First Voyage Day 10 - Fenny Stratford – Horton After the glorious sunshine of the last few days it was a shock to have rain and hail today. BoatBaby and I spent most of the day ...5 years ago
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My Blog Has Been Plagiarised - I have just found the total contents of my blog has been copied using everything on the site other than my bloglist. It has a different www. address and ...6 years ago
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Dubai, Muscat, Petra, Herculaneum and Vesuvius - [image: P1000663] After flying out to Dubai we had four nights there before embarking on the P&O “Arcadia” for a cruise back to Southampton. Having been ...6 years ago
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OVERGROUND, UNDERGROUND WOMBERLING FREE - As mentioned in my previous blog about Dudley Tunnel, its very being was due mainly to the vast quantity of Limestone that Dudley, Wrens Nest and Mons hil...
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Weaver of dreams - Autumn colours add to the natural beauty of the rural river I think the River Weaver is my favourite waterway. There is just one thing wrong with it: it...
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Kennet & Avon V (Bedwyn to Teddington) - Putting posts together takes ages - I'd forgotten. I think Sarah on Chertsey has the right idea - the briefest of notes, daily, to be fleshed out later, Pe...
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Holidays Day 1..2... whatever - Time to dust the old blogger scape down and get blogging about my holidays. HOLIDAYS! A REAL HOLIDAY! I LOVE holidays and I am loving this holiday. Once I...8 years ago
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Moving on, at last. - So the dental work is all finished and I now have a smile like a filmstar: Richard Kiel. We set out from Wigram's last Thursday and it has been travel alter...
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Great Haywood Junction to Foxton Locks... the final chapter 21.10.14 - *Great Haywood junction to Foxton, Leicestershire* *Our final destination 21.10.14* *We continued the next couple of miles until we got to the junction a...
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The Tale of Tacet - [image: P1000304] Hi, nb Tacet here. I see this blog has had no postings for a while, it seems the Skipper and his First Mate have disappeared off, goo...
10 years ago -
It's Gone. - 7th November 2013 Poole, Dorset. On Tuesday we completed the sale of *No Direction *with the handover of the boat at Kings Bromley to the new owner Marcus...
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Archive Blog - This blog is the archive of our five years of adventures on narrowboat Lucky Duck from looking for a boat to buying, living on, cruising, doing up, and fin...11 years ago
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My fridge door - I appreciate the need to blame someone for the ills of our society during an economic downturn. History is littered with examples and it's a well documente...
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Waterlily is now with her new owners - It was a happy and sad day today as we completed the sale on Waterlily. We met her new owners at Great Haywood and completed the paperwork. So Waterlily is...
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Grandma Briefs blogs granny buttons - What is it about grandmothers and buttons? Grandma’s Briefs is a lovely blog from America, from a self-described “long-distance grandma navigating the wate...12 years ago
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2 comments:
Agh no! Now I've got another blog I simply have to read! I've just seen your comment on Herbie, and thought I'd take a look. And it's charming too! Oh dear, I shall spend all my life reading narrowboat blogs soon, but I do love them and your photos and descriptions are lovely. Well, I'll be back for sure. Happy new year Halfie.
Thank you for your kind comments VallyP. I actually think my writing is a bit rubbish, especially compared with other blogs. And my photos are never much more than ordinary! I shall have to look up your blog now...
Happy new year to you.
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