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Bit of a makeover and bloggers galore now we are back on the canals at Gayton - Moored Gayton Junction, Grand Union Canal Well I was very determined today even after party time last night. No Problem was fired up early and taken to the...12 hours ago
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Wormleighton - Tuesday Our day started with a walk round the lovely hamlet of Wormleighton just a little way from the canal. [image: P1090149] [image: P1090150] [image...
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The delights of Langley Mill - You have to have a positive attitude, admittedly, but they can be found. One charity shop - Barnardos - where Jim got a fantastic leather jacket; a richly ...13 hours ago
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Odds Blog: Notes from Rome - Sunday 19th May We’ve just come back from a week in Rome – a big treat for my big 50th birthday! I would normally only blog about boating and greyhounds, b...14 hours ago
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Beery adjectives quiz - What do you think might be the most common adjective to describe the taste of a real ale. Well of course there is bitter and perhaps malty, but tonight I h...14 hours ago
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Crick Trip - Day 2 - We set off at 8.15 this morning. It was grey, fairly cold, but reasonably still. It took about 45 minutes to get to the bottom of the Stoke Bruerne fligh...
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Short Cruise - It’s been a month since the toilet tank was emptied and the gauge was reading half full. So the decision was made to head back towards Braunston and pum...
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Narrowboat crew in hospital - As many of our readers will know, every so often one or the other of us has *to visit an hospital*. This time, it was the *narrowboat* *Epiphany's crew *...17 hours ago
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Moored At Tixall Wide - Nothing much happening at Tixall Wide, where I've been moored for the last three days while Eric sorts out his prescriptions for the next couple of mont...17 hours ago
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Shobnall Marina - We went for a walk (in the doom & gloom) round Shobnall Marina yesterday… [image: 2013-05-21 15.31.38] It’s not a very impressive place, all the boats t...
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We swap the Thames for the Kennet. - All I can say about our meal out is, brilliant. The food at Shaun Dickens at the Boathouse was amazing and the staff could not do enough for us, Jill's pud...
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Long Itchington to Nethercote Bridge No.101 - 6.9 miles, 13 locks, 4hrs 5mins [image: Map picture] [image: Nethercote Bridge No101] We took a quick walk into Long Itchington to discover we have bee...
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Party Time!!! - Blimey! Where do we start!! We will try and make this quick....We went down to Kent for Al's 50th Birthday. She woke up in the bed and house she was born i...
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Rickmansworth Waterway Festival 2013 – Delighting in Details - In the hustle-bustle and general animation of visiting a Festival like the ‘Ricky’, I tend to experience a kind of ‘global contentment’, and I’m happy just...
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The road to Crick - Calling at the Coalfields - *The road to Crick - Part 2* The coalfields of Worcestershire and Leicestershire May 2013 The Coventry Canal isn't one of the more popular boating routes, s...
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Little Ouse Moorings Tue 21 may 2013 - Now we are home I have uploaded so videos to Sundays Blog, you can read it here. last night we ate at The Boathouse on Ely waterfront. The food was very ...
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On to the Calder & Hebble - Monday, 20th May The first job this morning was to buy a handspike from Shire Cruisers. One of these is needed to operate some of the locks on the Calder & ...
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Slough Arm Bridge 2A - I headed down the arm - by bike - to check progress on bridge repair, although that doesn't seem the best word - they'll be removing the bridge span, whi...
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Lucky Duck for Sale - Lucky Duck is a 48ft traditional stern narrowboat first registered in 1986, with a reliable BMC 1.8 engine. It sleeps 2, makes a great live-aboard boat a...3 days ago
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Fuel consumption - More for me than general interest. I last filled up Percy on the 30th December NB Callisto was the supplier. I had commented that to the point I had cruise...4 days ago
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The End of our Little Adventure. - 18th May 2013. Kings Bromley Marina. When we sold up in 2007 and moved onto the canals we didn't have any idea how long our liveaboard life was going to l...4 days ago
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Lucky Duck for Sale Again - Unfortunately we learned last night that the person (whose offer we accepted on the Duck back in late February) has changed his mind about buying the boat...5 days 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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Odds Are Stacked ! - The weather is playing havoc with my, and no doubt, your plans. I have decided not to get stressed over the paint job on the boat, it won’t get me anywhe...
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Ok so where am I - Out giving the Bike a run, can you spot the location. We have cruised past here a few times in the last couple if years ? - Posted using BlogPress from my...3 weeks ago
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IT'S A COLD WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD!. - Well what a day! As Dawn works on a Saturday, except when were off boating of cause, it is the only day I get to have a little lie in as I usually stay i...3 months ago
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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...9 months ago
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3 comments:
Andrew looks like you!
Not these days!
Happy families, happy birthdays. Nice to see!
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