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Time to leave Paddington… Day 311

C.L. Peache

Tuesday 28th May – Day 311

It’s time to leave Paddington Basin as these bookings have a maximum stay of seven days and also it costs £25 a night, which is cheap by any standards in London but with our limited funds we cannot afford to stay any longer.

At 9am we leave the basin and watch everyone on their way to work after a bank holiday weekend. We are lucky ((you’re always jammy!)) as the facilities at Little Venice are empty so we moor up, fill with water, empty the bins and toilet as we as setting everything to charge. As it’s been mixed weather conditions we have just about maintained our batteries ((Once Peachy had to suffer a Marks and Spencers coffee as there was not enough batteries to make a coffee on the boat – oh how she suffers)) Yes, thanks again to my cousin, Fi and Melanie who have bought me coffees recently.

I stand close to the coffee machine as we cruise and crack on updating this blog, uploading the vlogs to Patreon and YouTube as I’ve caught up now and so going to get up to date by releasing one Friday, Saturday and Sunday ((Oh the joy of seeing you on the TV every night! Might have a social media break for a few days!))

We are lucky to get into the Little Venice facilities again so all persons to battle stations and then we set to and cruise back up the Paddington Arm in search of fuel. Day Done. Until Tomorrow. x

Published by C.L. Peache

After living in various parts of the UK, including Wakefield, York, Derby, and the Yorkshire Dales, I now live on a Narrowboat cruising the canal network. I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, walking, kayaking, watching all forms of motorbike racing and socialising (networking). At the beginning of my writing journey, I started my blog which tracks the ups and downs of writing. ((I need to mention that my blog posts are usually visited by ‘Brackets’!)) To the books… My fantasy series, Festival of Time was completed with the publication of Book Three: Battle in November 2022 and now joins, Book Two: Rescue, and Book One: Escape. Click ‘books’ on my website to find out more and follow me on social media for updates – I love chatting with readers and authors. In 2021 I joined Saga Fiction and now have three stories published on their app; A Christmas Wish, Decisions, Decisions, and A night lost to the past. Power of Nature a thriller/mystery novel is available on eBook. Finding Love, is my latest romance/rom-com novel and is available as an eBook and paperback on Amazon. I’m part of a wonderful writing group based in Newark; The Fosseway Writers and have stories in various anthologies including; The Brinwade Chronicles, which is a collection of 28 Gothic stories by 13 writers. Burning Old School Ties, Blood, Sweat and Typewriters and our latest book, Writings on the Walls, Available on Amazon. In February 2019 I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand. During my time exploring this wonderful part of the world I kept a journal and this became 187 Kilometres, turn left – which is a guide to our 43-day bucket list adventure. Available on Amazon. In December 2018; Game of Souls I published my first horror novella. Available on Amazon. Current projects: SagaFiction: Mystery/thriller novel based in Jersey I’m very excited to start rewriting my psychological series, which will hopefully be published in 2024!

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