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Three more projects - The postman has been busy delivering the trailer electrical components ordered from China. I’m only waiting on the 100A circuit breaker and the flexible...
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Marking time while we wait to return to NP - NP-XL moored on Thames, Crew moored in South of England Yes, well done to you all who managed to get the latest Winter Wassat.. It was the top...12 hours ago
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Ring O Bells Tuesday 24 April 2018 - I was surprised by how quiet our mooring was last night especially as we were right by a railway bridge, also the share number of moorings available in W...15 hours ago
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Roofbox part 8–now the come-uppance for my incompetence. - I told you I was no good at woodwork. Now that the roof box is nearing completion I can see the mistakes I made. It may astonish you to find that my bo...17 hours ago
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Birmingham City Centre to Tardebigge Wharf. - A drizzly day today, now moored at Tardebigge Wharf. Keith. Welcome aboard our working boat Hadar. Pull up a chair and join as we cruise the waterways of ...
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CRT Jottings - National Users Forum - *CRT Jottings - National Users Forum* April 2018 Whilst its not exactly a CRT National Council meeting, or indeed a sub committee, I am also invited to att...1 day ago
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Chillin' and a chilled cat - After a heavy night Del got woken up by a boat going by at 6.45am. As he was up he decided that it might be a good chance to just get out of Crick and moo...
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So what does everyone think of this? - New logo for C&RT. Words doesent express what I think of this. Very disappointed is the politest I can manage.
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Paraphernalia Refurbished - I like to try and keep Albert looking as "traditional" as possible so we usually cruise with the chimney, chimney chain, cabin strings, water cans and mop ...
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Crossing The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct - I didn't look down 😕 A lovely sunny day today as we headed for Llangollen. Quite a few boats on the move so it was a bit chaotic as we headed from the F...
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When a job gets a bit bigger... - On and off the boat at the moment. It was convenient for Rachel to drive to me last Thursday late getting to the boat at 11pm but it gave us a lazy Friday....
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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 ...1 week ago
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Cheese scones and sunshine - We slept pretty well and were in no particular rush to get going this morning. We set off in rather dull cool conditions at about 9am, and headed for Blis...
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Change of plan. Which way now? - *The delayed departure and changed route* Our original plan was to leave Aylesbury on Mon 2nd or Tue 3rd April. With the extra time needed for Hugo's leg...
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Passport Control - There's been a lot of fuss about passports recently. What colour should they be and where should they be printed. So I got out one of my old pre-EU "Blue" ...
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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...
5 weeks ago -
Hello We're Back Online Again - We've been having a break from the blog for a few months as we are now back in the marina for the winter. My apologies for that but nothing too interestin...
2 months ago -
Coming apart - We managed to pack up Erin Mae on Saturday and head off south in the car mid-afternoon-ish. For some time the car's warning system has been subjecting me t...
5 months ago -
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 ...
6 months ago -
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 ...
7 months ago -
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...10 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...10 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...
2 years ago -
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...
4 years ago -
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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4 comments:
Two refurbished old pillar boxes in a posh area with block paving???
It isn't get easier for me, I am really stumped with this! Ali
Er, no, Heth!
Ali, look at the comments for Wednesday's post where Sue of Indigo Dream has identified the type of structure.
You know me! It's much more fun to say what you see!!
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