Halfie

....mostly about boating on NB Jubilee

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Meeting friends on the cut; nearly losing an Elsan cassette

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Oh dear - no blogging for three days. Various reasons, mostly that it got too late in the evening and I was too tired. Now we are on a loc...
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Monday, 16 May 2022

Cows and cooling towers

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We continued our journey north on the River Soar, on our own again through Mountsorrel Lock. When we got to Barrow-upon-Soar, however, a ma...
Sunday, 15 May 2022

Have you ever seen anything like this before? Fish stuck between lock gates

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The forecast thunderstorms last night did not happen, neither did the rain which was supposed to be during the morning. We walked from Cast...
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Saturday, 14 May 2022

Buttercups and blossom

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We made an earlier start then usual, leaving our mooring at 0815. We made swift progress to Kilby Bridge, all the locks being in our favour...
Friday, 13 May 2022

A Leicester beauty spot?

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This morning we did the two swing bridges and stopped for water in Foxton. At last the boat was the right way round so I could wash off the...
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Thursday, 12 May 2022

Dangerous quad bike on towpath in Market Harborough

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Ooh - almost a week has passed since my last post! I have some catching up to do. I painted both tunnel bands and the red bits on the bow...
Friday, 6 May 2022

Anodes and painting

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Catching up with photos ... Ollie completed the blacking yesterday ... ... and today he welded on four new sacrificial anodes. I was aske...
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Thursday, 5 May 2022

Blacking begins at North Kilworth Marina

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On Tuesday 3rd May we set off for North Kilworth Marina for the booked blacking. We had been given the time of 1045 but I wanted to be earl...
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