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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Recent Posts
- Familiar Sights 15/03/2015
- Where did they all come from? 14/03/2015
- Day of rest…or so we thought! 13/03/2015
- On Top of the World 12/03/2015
- Every Little Helps 11/03/2015
- 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: January 2013
It’s melted!
Thank goodness the ice has now melted so come rain or shine we will be off this weekend on Foxglove. 3 days to go. I am planning on baking a cake…..that will be good for the diet I started yesterday … Continue reading
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Yet another rug!!
Most people who know me will know I like to keep things clean. I could tell you all about the different mops out there, hovers, cleaning products , the lot. I am sure I would do well on programmes like … Continue reading
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Here today gone tomorrow
That is basically what happened with the weather this weekend. The snow was so bad Friday night that we decided to stay at home as first thing Saturday morning we had planned to Wish to the groomers early so we … Continue reading
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Addictive reading
I haven’t written myself much just lately as working during the week and not being at the boat I don’t have that much to say and believe me I do not want to start writing about work! When I started … Continue reading
Definite decision made!
We came to a definite decision after this weekend that we definitely do not want to be living on Foxglove whilst still in a marina. Roy will not let me write the reasons why because sometimes I can be a … Continue reading
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Plans for the weekend
I wonder what the weather will be like for this weekend…….cold no doubt, but I also think the canals will be frozen. Hoping to meet up with Nick & Emma who bought our last boat from us Marpessa2 at the … Continue reading
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And They Called It Puppy Love!
Yet another title to a song but after today it was more than appropriate. First of all though I will start at the beginning…. Frosty start to the day. The canal had completely iced over but everywhere looked beautiful. Took … Continue reading
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Playing in the stream
Decided to take Wish for a long walk this morning as it was dry outside and even though it was cold we were well prepared as we now have the wooly hats, much to Roy’s amusement. We moored near to … Continue reading
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For Rachel & Iain
Had such a good laugh with my work colleagues today (Rachel & Iain) that I promised them another laugh later, so here it is….. Went a bought myself a wooly hat as the weather is getting cold. I asked Roy … Continue reading
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Roy makes me laugh.
Roy is so funny. As you all know it is me who writes all the posts but it is Roy who adds the images. He read last nights blog then called me a while later to say he had added … Continue reading