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Curious curiosity - I forgot to upload one of the photos from the cabinet of curiosities. This could be a slightly mystery object... My sister brought them back from her holid...
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Shillingford, Wallingford and beyond - Shillingford to Dunsford Hole, River Thames, 7½ miles 1 lock And that one lock took us an hour to get through so busy was the river! We decided to stay a c...11 hours ago
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Not at all easy trying to moor on a river. - And here was I hoping to put a photo of us on the island, sipping a glass of wine and enjoying a BBQ. Well, the torrential rain arrived by 3 pm and put a s...
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Nearly Done 'Heartbreak Hill' - A quiet night at Rode Heath and up and away with twelve locks planned for today as we wanted to get them done. Duplicate narrow locks have an advantage...
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Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy - Armed with secateurs, pruning shears and a small step ladder I returned to our house on Wednesday morning. The real estate agent was due at 10am and the...20 hours ago
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Beatles, Battles and Booze - We decided to get a lot in today as the weather didn't look too promising late afternoon. We left Derwent6 at 9.00am and walked round to The Beatles Story ...
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Hungerford to Woolhampton - *Sun 16thJul* Hungerford When we emerged this morning, we had intended to give one of our cards with our contact details to Barry and Jan on* Narrow Escap...
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Summer Cruise Day 13 Burscough to Aintree - We left Burscough at 9.20am this morning in cooler weather with the sun shining. We stopped at the services to dispose of the rubbish and got under way. ...
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A Learned Treatise on Dogs on Boats - There follows below, a Learned Treatise on Dogs on (Canal) Boats and Their Owners, and as the author of said Treatise I shall commence by describing my cre...1 day 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...2 days 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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Pressing on with a few hiccups along the way - *Kings Langley to Fenny Stratford* July 2017 Just a brief catch up post. We have spent a challenging three days working our way northwards along the Grand...4 days ago
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Farewell “Chance” and THANK YOU! - The keys to “Chance” were handed over to the new owners a couple of days ago and we are to meet up with them shortly to familiarise them with all the vario...1 week ago
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Thames and Kennet Marina - A quick trip to the Thames and Kennet Marina at Reading today for a boat test. The weather was fine, and the marina ducks formed a welcoming party.
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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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Home Saturday 8 July 2017 - Well we are back in Suffolk and the boat is tucked up back at the marina. We left at 1000hrs this morning for the almost 1 mile cruise back to our marina...2 weeks ago
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Super peacefulness but the chores still have to be done - Most who read this will already be aware of why they are on the canals as they have the option of peacefulness as we can choose our home location for the n...
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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 weeks 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...4 weeks ago
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Back on Board - On a recent visit to London I invited myself for a visit to my old boat Starcross and to meet, for the first time, the lovely people that bought her and ha...
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Stephen Hawking and the Crinan Canal - On our recent trip around the coast of Scotland we just had to pause at Crinan where that other Scottish Canal short cut reaches the open sea. Just nine mi...
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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...1 month 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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IT'S A COLD WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD!. - Well what a day! As Dawn works on a Saturday, except when were off boating of cause, it is the only day I get to have a little lie in as I usually stay i...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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I wonder what a decayed fisherman looks like! A rather odd adjective to use :)
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