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: July 2013
Row , Row, Row Your Boat…..
We were moored up before midday today at Trent Bridge! How exciting is that? I found it quite bazar to see canoeists travelling past and these huge sight-seeing boats coming up behind us in these huge expanse of space. Cruised on … Continue reading
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A Whole New World
Yes, another song title, from a Disney movie this time, Aladdin. It was as if I had rubbed a magic lamp and all my wishes come true. Today has been amazing! The boards had finally moved onto amber and the … Continue reading
In The Red
Today has been an eventful day. We were reading ‘Diary of a Boat Woman’ blog last night and found out that NB Hadar had moored around Shardlow at the weekend so we really hoped that we would see them at some point today. … Continue reading
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Epic Journey!
Yesterday was fantastic. I am on holiday now from work (Daystate), as we are shutdown for 1 week. Hooray!! It has been a very busy month and I am sooooooooooooo looking forward to this week off. Saturday 0 miles – 0 … Continue reading
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Accident Prone!
This boating lark is very dangerous, even without travelling. I think I have more of a bruised ego than a bruised thigh this morning. I was just about to get off the boat yesterday, I was wearing a long dress and … Continue reading
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Victoria & Albert ?
Yet it is a while since I last wrote but there has been a lot happening, nothing of which I want to bore any of you with, however, me being me, here is a quick run down: House went up for sale … Continue reading
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