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It was nearly headfirst by both of us! - The Ashby is a lovely canal from end to end, almost all of it is rural with plenty of moorings available. But, and this is a big but, the upper part from S...
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Marlow to Windsor I invite my guest to write - Guest Blogger Jessica – 5 days on the River Thames 2017 This week has been amazing and have really enjoyed being with Grandma, Bam-Bam and the dogs. Molly ...23 hours ago
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Summer Cruise Day 40 Poynton to Bollington - Before leaving Higher Poynton this morning we pulled onto the water point outside Braidbar's yard for a top up then got underway. It was a quiet run today...
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Through Macclesfield - We had rain again last night and when we surfaced we gave Derwent6 a wash, well more like a leather off. We set off at 10.00am and could see the peaks in th...
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Wheelock Thursday 17 Aug 2017 - If I was to say it rained last night it would be somewhat an understatement, as we went to bed it was hammering it down, the next thing was thunder. Ever...1 day ago
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Suddenly we’re busy - The last couple of days have been so busy I’ve not had the time or energy to write a post. First the NBN (National Broadband Network) technician arrive...1 day ago
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Overwater - A much better day weatherwise than forecast. I set off in the car before 7, and had a very good run up to Overwater Marina at Audlem. I'd been expecting ...
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Roof painting –be patient, work quickly - Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Let me explain. The paint on a boat roof has a hard time, sun, rain, frost, lying snow, poles, planks, solar panel...3 days ago
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Journey Home from the Oxford Canal - Having been away in Cornwall for the last week, I feel obligated to round-off my belated posts of our late July cruise to and from the Upper Thames. Afte...
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Send to Godalming - *Wed 9th Aug* Send Rain followed by drizzle followed by down pour then a storm then a shower and then it was raining again. One boat came down stream and...
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Dinosaur Babies In Wales - We've been to 'The National Museum' in Cardiff with Gwenllian to see the 'Dinosaur Babies'. We found out about the different eggs of the different type...
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Loitering in Stoke Bruerne - *Stoke Bruerne* August 2017 We arrived in Stoke Bruerne on Monday evening with the forecasts suggesting biblical style downpours for Tuesday and Wednesday....
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Goodness – We Haven’t Blogged for Ages!! - It’s been over two months since we took over our apartment in Manchester and some of our first visitors were Lake District friends Pam and Geoff. [image:...6 days ago
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Dredging Glasson Dock - Glasson Dock with "Walter" in the foreground. A cycle ride today, down to Glasson Dock on my 25-year old Raleigh Randonneur, which is old enough to have be...
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Youngsters on the cut - I was on the boat last week and when I arrived there were four boats opposite our moorings. I think this was/is a record. One shared ownership boat, one br...2 weeks ago
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Hatton Dry Dock to Saltisford Arm - Yesterday afternoon, after Rob had finished fitting the raw water intake and stopcock, I refitted the engine room steps which conveniently hide and prote...4 weeks ago
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Tour d'Avebury - What with all this time on the south coast away from Erin Mae, we were due a day out. We drove to Avebury in Wiltshire, a small village sitting within a st...
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I've had a roaring in my ears - Oh what an unremittingly tedious stretch of canal these first fifteen miles of the Trent & Mersey make. Having dispatched the heavy and awkward first five...
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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...1 month ago
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Apparently….. - …..if you moor at Aristotle Lane on the South Oxford canal there are those, who live in brick, who think that boaters are the bottom of the pile. They t...1 month 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...2 months ago
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Boat Village Life! - Well it's Saturday in the boat village, it's a gorgeous day even if the wind is a little cold. I have been out and had a nice walk, been to put my rubbish i...3 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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