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All's Well At Whixall - NB Bendigedig on her berth Well ex hurricane Ophelia came and departed from Whixall Marina causing little damage with just a small tree falling on the gr...
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Braunston to Long Itchington - Now moored at The Two Boats Inn, Long Itchington, had lunch and a couple of pints there, and a good chat with the landlord about the history of the pub. ...2 hours ago
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Almost like being back in Oz - Before I start today's ramblings I had this comment arrive from Barbara on yesterdays post. I think this is one to pass around if anyone is going to Covent...
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More on that bed - Another visit to the waterbed factory shop today. This time we firmed up our requirement and placed an order. The mattress will be soft sided with indi...10 hours ago
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The donk gives its first trouble - The Lister CS2 in Percy's engine room has up until now performed flawlessly. It gets its bits lubed and oil and air filter changes when needed. I do check...
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Braunston to Stoke Bruerne - 2017 44 Braunston to Milton Keynes *Sun 15th Oct* Braunston Moored in Braunston The path up the hill We followed the path up the hill from the bridge...
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Worth the wait– how to fit a bumper bar in a lock - I hope you think this post is worth the wait, but that’s not the reason for it’s title. There we were tootling down the S Oxford with our friends Jan a...3 days ago
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A Very Busy Couple of Weeks! - [image: b2e325fb-522c-4e37-9444-8028a569d27f] A short while back we went “over the river” (the R. Erwell) to neighbouring Salford to pay our respects at ...3 days ago
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Never too late - It's time to break out the thirty-year-old t-shirt that's been carefully preserved at the back of the wardrobe: Souvenir of the 100 Club and the Mean Fiddle...
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Middlewich Dry Dock Thursday 19 October 2017 - Last night we wandered down to The Narrowboat for dinner, Its the first time I have had a stake in a long time, It was a very lean rump with hardly a tra...4 days ago
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Stepping up a gear - *Another new gearbox* October 2017 Yes, that's right - another new gearbox has been fitted into Wand'ring Bark. Regular readers will remember the saga of o...
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Chancing Friday 13th - We saw the wind had picked up a bit from yesterday, but still decided to make a move from here at Pitstone. We went round the corner and found the two locks...
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New Orleans to Nottingham - New Orleans once had a streetcar named Desire. . . . [image: Image result for a streetcar named desire film] . . . but not to be outdone, Nottingham has ...
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Yardley Gobion - Sunday saw us return home to Kingfisher Marina. The weather was fine and sunny for the short journey. We met NB Billy Wizz at Cosgrove Lock - our first sha...
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Lancaster Canal - A first today — a bit of boating on the Lancaster Canal. Andy the photographer picked me up at Towcester at 7am and after a journey that was rather slow in...2 weeks ago
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Hip Hop from Walton to Runnymede - Walton to Runnymede, River Thames, 11 miles 4 locks We have had a great week on the Thames just moving ‘round the corner’ each day to the next mooring.. Fi...2 weeks ago
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Climbing Heartbreak Hill - 200 years apart: M6 motorway and C19th canalway. I know which I preferThey call the long miles of locks that climb out of the Cheshire plains 'Heartbreak ...
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It been that long! - My oh my! It has been months since I posted on my blog. I am on the Thames having such a great summer that I don't have time to blog, even though I have ap...5 weeks ago
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Water Water Everywhere! - Well a hectic couple of weeks! My Daughters hen party, then the following weekend my lovely friends 50th Birthday party! It was a fantastic weekend, Jools ...
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BCN Challenge 2017: The story of the jam.. - 18th June 2017 This time last year we were part of an epic convoy to the River Medway in Kent. Because we were moored in the garden of England and as one o...4 months ago
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Journey North: Cambridge – Bollington (via London and the BCN) - 553 miles, 449 locks After a wet morning boating through Macclesfield we finally made it home! Here’s Willow on our new mooring at Bollington Wharf. Plea...4 months ago
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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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Still on holiday. - I am sure you are all on the edge of your seats awaiting the update from the scintillating travels of the Great Holiday day whatever. Somerton Deep is as ...
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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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Back in the Trent Valley - Not blogged for a couple of days so here is a catchup. From Coven Heath we pushed on down the Staffs and Worcester Canal stopping for the night at Baswick...
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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...
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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...4 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...5 years ago
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It is at Batchworth junction. Lock 81 is behind the camera to the left and lock 81A to the right.
Don, you are wrong. It is not at Batchworth. Keep guessing!
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