Useful Links
- Canal Journey Planner Nick’s Canal Route Planner
- Martyn King Sgin writer
- Mercia Marina Location– On the peaceful and tranquil Trent and Mersey Canal
- Narrowboat Baker
- New & Used Boats New & Used narrowboats, widebeams & Dutch Barges for sale
- Rob Shone Narrowboat Joinery
- Sally Tooze/Boat Painter Re-painted Foxglove
Blogs We Follow
- Hadar Working narrowboat built by Roger Fuller
- Marpessa 2 Follow Nick & Emma on our previous narrowboat MARPESSA 2
- Narrowboat One thing after another A diary about two lads and Eddie the dog who are fitting out, travelling, and generally enjoying life aboard their narrowboat.
- Parisien Star Australians living their dream of a year as liveaboards on a narrowboat
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- On Top of the World 12/03/2015
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- Happy Birthday – Wish (7 Today!) 10/03/2015
- Gone are the days of high heels!! 09/03/2015
- Just A Walking In The Rain (Whistle) 08/03/2015
- Tap To Snooze 07/03/2015
- Llangollen – Here we come! 06/03/2015
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
One day more!
Every time I have said that today …..”ONE DAY MORE” I start to sing the music from Les Miserables, One Day more! That reminds me, the film comes out over Christmas, It is going to be good. One-day-more (Les Miserables) … Continue reading
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Exhausted
I am so glad there are only 2 more days of work to go. I am exhausted tonight. Just want to try and get everything done at home and prepare everything that we need for our stay on Foxglove. We … Continue reading
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Lace
It is official, I am now concerned about Roy as he has ordered some lace today!! OMG. Whatever next. I never thought I would ever say anything like that. My husband has actually ordered lace! I am killing myself laughing … Continue reading
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Curtains up
This is the next plan for Foxglove, curtains. Roy is starting to worry me as I have never seen him so eager to go shopping for something like curtains. The reason behind this is because he wants to get the … Continue reading
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Let’s Rewind
It has been such a busy weekend that I have not had much time to blog so tonight I am going to rewind back to Friday night and cram the whole weekend in. As you all know, Davide our friend … Continue reading
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The alternative to men in a pub!
Well today has been very busy and we still have our guest Davide over, so tonights blog will have to be very quick. I think todays picture was a moment not to be missed. It was just something I looked at and … Continue reading
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Good Evening
That is exactly what tonight has been, a good evening! Friends from work came over to see Davide who we all used to work with. Our youngest guest was little Eleanor. So so cute!! Plenty of wine flowing and lots … Continue reading
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Housework!
Oh my goodness, I got home from work tonight and spent 3 hours doing housework, mainly because our friend from Italy, who I used to work with, is coming over to visit and I have also invited everyone from work … Continue reading
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Amazing!
One thing that I find quite amazing, actually quite funny is that Roy is really into this engine, The Gardner 2 LW. Actually I have to admit it does look quite stunning. Roy is the kind of person who never … Continue reading
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Words of encouragement.
Received a lovely comment today from the lady off narrowboat Hadar. Nice words of encouragement and I really appreciated her time writing it. She has had no regrets about living aboard permanently and I really wish we would both take … Continue reading
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