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: November 2013
To do list :-)
Spent most of Friday running here, there and everywhere with Roy & Wish. We had a list mile long of things to do. One of the important things we had to do was to get a new button fender for … Continue reading
Technology
Laptops, i-pads, i-phones, cameras etc etc…….we all use them nowadays. In fact I take photos on my camera, upload them to the laptop then I do my blogging ……..however, no photos, no blogging fora few days because the batteries on … Continue reading
Memory Foam??
Now try not to laugh when I tell you this but I am not referring to any mattress, cushioning, pillows or anything like that but these are the 2 words that Roy described my cake like………..yes today I finally made … Continue reading
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Good to get out.
Last night I kept waking up as I was so excited that we were going out today, finally after all the house sale etc etc. Woke up at 4am thinking only 3 hours to go as we had planned to … Continue reading
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Waiting patiently…..trying to…
Well tomorrow will be 1 week since we completed on the house and the only movement Foxglove has had is from her blowing in the wind. Tomorrow will finally be the day we get to go out. Hooray!! I have … Continue reading
Guilty looking
If there was ever a moment that a dog looked guilty, this was that moment: Wish had been given her new toy and in minutes she knocked the stuffing out if it, literally! I asked what had she done and … Continue reading
First time for everything!
Well today has been a first for a few things, first morning knowing that we no longer have a house, first weekend we have had free for a few weeks but the funniest thing is it is the first time … Continue reading
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All complete
Well completion day arrived and we have not long had the phone call from the solicitors to confirm that the house sale is now complete. As a friend told me yesterday we are ” houseless” but not “homeless”. We finished … Continue reading
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