We are woken by the promised wind and rain and it’s a early morning trip outside for Chris as the hose pipe reel is moving about on the roof. Then it’s coffee in bed and nice and cosy inside whilst the weather has a tantrum outside.
Once up, it’s to the dinette for me as I do some freelance work for the book festival and my all-time favourite of faffing with spreadsheets whilst Chris cracks on with some boat jobs. He finishes sanding the filler on the fire and gives it another coat. We are not 100% happy with the finish but ‘it will do’ for this year as it’s more important it is functional. We still have some bits to do on roof but not today! ((Oh go on Peachy. Don’t let 40-50mph winds stop you. Get yourself on the roof!)) No chance. The boat has been moving so much today I’m glad we’re moored up against a fixed pontoon.
The stuff we’d ordered for the windows isn’t very good so we are going to either see if we can make it work or we will have order some more. It’s basically the wrong thickness to seal the window to the frame and because it’s a springy material it’s difficult to cut! It just makes it that little bit harder when you cannot just jump in a car or don’t have a fixed address to send things to. Never mind! I bought a new organiser. ((Yeah but you thought that was A3 and it’s A4!)) Yeah, it wasn’t the best order of items in the world but it’s got pretty columns so that’s okay and eventually we work out the issue with the windows. Where there is a will there is a way!
Right, we are off for a wander into Willington now as I’m running out of coffee and we all know that’s one step away from ringing the emergency services!
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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