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: March 2013
Picture perfect
Promised the Italian Stallion ( hi Davide) lots of photos from this weekend so here goes: Tigger has been reincarnated! King came to visit. Everything becomes miniature The “vintage” curtains!! A step back in time…. We were both … Continue reading
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And its supposed to be Spring??
Well when I opened the curtains this morning what a shock. Around 6 inches of snow everywhere. We are now officially in Spring, supposedly. The weather does not know what it is doing. Our plans have gone out the window … Continue reading
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Tis the Season to be jolly…..fa la la la la, la la, la la
How many of you have just sung the title?? Go on admit it. Anyway, it is not Christmas but it is the season that all the hire boats are now out. We moored up at Stone on Friday and at Sandon … Continue reading
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Too many titles!
Well I have got so many titles for tonight’s blog I just did not know which one to pick so I chose all of them, but I will keep it brief ( well as brief as possible) 😉 Friday Night … Continue reading
Best Wishes?
The best wish is my Wish ( my border collie). She was 5 years old on Sunday. We have only had her though for almost 2 years as most of you will know. Someone saw her the other day and … Continue reading
Hot Stuff!!
We finally got the back cabin stove up and running and oh my goodness what a difference. There was so much ash in the bottom of it caused from one of those pressed fire logs that it had clogged everything … Continue reading
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A Little Love Nest
It has been a wonderful trip today down to Wolsley Bridge. A few more boats are out and about but not seen one hire boat. I am sure we will coming up to the Easter Holidays. Saw Haydn & Lynda … Continue reading
Weigh in.
First week of the diet and I have lost 3 lbs. I am being very good with what I eat. Lets hope it continues. Anyway, enough about diets……….off to the boat tonight. It is possibly going to snow this weekend. I … Continue reading
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Where has Roy gone?
Someone has taken Roy and left another man in replacement that looks just like him, it even sounds just like him, smells just like him…… Some not so good smells but the only thing that is different is that this … Continue reading
Lighter nights.
The lighter nights are already beginning and not long now until the clocks go forward an hour. Hooray! This means only one thing to me ….. It gives us chance to go further at weekends as we have more light … Continue reading