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Deck the walls - The house continues to take shape, and another finishing touch was put in place this morning: Chertsey's old deckboard, adorning the living room wall. This ...
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North West Passage: Day 30 - Time to leave Birmingham, and we were on the move soon after 8 on a lovely morning with the sun reflecting off Arena Birmingham. We got to the top of the Fa...
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Talk about a shock! - Saturday 23rd Sept. Left Etruria just before 9am and couldn't believe our luck as we managed to do the turn back onto the T&M before a hire boat arrived. A...
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Wheaton Aston Sunday 24 September 2017 - At 8 30 this morning an ex working pair came past to go down the locks, they would be well clear before we set off but it did mean all the locks would be...5 hours ago
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Getting the fingers aligned - Having previously made the decision to attempt to ‘finger join’ the corners of the two large bed drawers I needed to find the Triton Finger Joiner attach...11 hours ago
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Kingswood Junction to Drawbridge Inn, Shirley - Lapworth flight done, check. Bricks from Jacky loaded in hold, check. Moored at Drawbridge Inn, Shirley, check. Fish and chips twice and 2 pints of G...2 days ago
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CRT Meetings - a double dose - *CRT Annual Public Meeting and National Council Meeting* September 2017 Yesterday was a day of CRT meetings starting with the fifth Annual Public Meeting, ...
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Herbie in the sky - Here we are this evening, now facing North and high above the surrounding land, except you can't see that for the trees. These steps down to the village ...2 days ago
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Oxford to Lechlade - *Sun 17th Sep* Oxford Christ Church Meadows Morning light by the boat houses. We had déjà vu as we walked down the footpath to the bus stop and caught a ...
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Past Hampton Court Palace and on to Sunbury-0n-Thames - Kingston to Sunbury, River Thames, 5¾ miles 1 lock Kingston at night is very vibrant.. Quite pleased though that we were moored on the other side of the ri...2 days ago
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Small but beautiful - Looking down at Church Minshull in the valley belowIt might be just ten miles long and a mere 'branch' but the Middlewich Branch is pretty as a picture. S...
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Widebeam Eyes - It was an early, early start this morning as we wanted to get through the tunnel before a wide beam which had a passage at 8.00am. We slid out the chains a...
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Thinking of Les Biggs at Consall - It is a fine thing to inspire people. Many years ago when I was toiling away and planning a future of less work and more boating one picture of the many on...
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Back In Whixall Marina - Just a few hours cruise from Ellesmere yesterday. Not so busy back to Whixall so a pleasant cruise once we'd let the hire boats pass us as he was keen to b...
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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...1 week 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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An Annoying Engine Fault - Intermittent engine problems are annoying. On our trip to the Thames the rack that alters fuel delivery from the two injection pumps to the injectors start...
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Manchester Pride 2017 and a Birthday Celebration. - Well, August Bank Holiday came round again and that meant the biggest party weekend of the year. It was Manchester Pride! This year was our first as “pla...2 weeks 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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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...3 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...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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