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: October 2013
Competitive Carving!
Well Roy & I got a pumpkin each and of course that meant a competition on who carved the best pumpkin! Typical ! I got creative and decided to do a scary looking pumpkin. Roy made me laugh cause in … Continue reading
Going Cuckoo
The last of my items to sell was by beautiful cuckoo clock. Believe me if it could have found a home on the boat it would already be there. I am over the moon though where it has gone to. … Continue reading
Not impressed!!
Roy took Wish out for her bedtime walk tonight and I could not stop laughing. I laughed so much I started choking! It decided to absolutely throw it down with rain not long after they both left. They came back … Continue reading
Eternity
Well tonight has been a little sad as the last of my paintings have now been sold. It was called “Eternity” and it was a painting of two figures running along an endless piano keyboard. It was such a special … Continue reading
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All fired up!
Yesterday was very rainy for most of the day but that did not dampen our spirits. Roy took a day off work and so in the afternoon we decided for the first time in months to light the back cabin … Continue reading
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Things have got silly!!
Roy is going to probably delete this blog once he realises what I have done. Started to laugh a lot more which is good, probably cause neither of us are so stressed anymore but one thing Roy has always found … Continue reading
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Shattered
Well what a day today has been. Boxes galore everywhere and the packing has begun. Roy has packed the boxes and I have gone around the house cleaning each room. It took me 3 hours just to thoroughly clean the … Continue reading
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Just the job!
Trip to John Lewis today and I was amazed at this little item that I found. It is called an i-plunger. It is basically a little plunger that sticks to the back of an i-phone so you can then prop … Continue reading
Having the snip??
Bet you all thought I mean Roy has gone and had the “snip”……..Not bloody likely would be his answer!! What I mean by the snip is that I have gone back to good old Staffordshire today to get my hair … Continue reading
Success :-)
Well the chicken went down a treat and the sauce was fantastic. Roy even said that it was the nicest meal I had cooked in the 22 years we had been married. Not sure if that was a compliment or … Continue reading