We treat ourselves to a rare chill out in bed. I make some porridge which we eat in bed! Shocking, I know and watch some motorbike racing but it’s soon time to get up and sort the ‘boat services’. Chris cycles the cassette to the facilities whilst I nip to the post office and co-op for a few bits and bobs. My friend is picking me up later for a Lidl visit – you never know what you will need until you go up the middle aisle lol. It’s lovely being so close to everyone and we might possibly decide to winter along this canal so we can see our friends more. ((I’m saying nothing about all these ‘make believe’ friends.))
Nothing else to report really today other than having a nice goss with my friend. We ended up having a visit to Poundland which is dangerous in the sense of buying things! I do try and only buy things we need though as we have too much stuff as it as and need make room for winter stuff like coal and logs as we get to the colder days. It was a bit of a challenge to carry all the bags back to the boat but we managed just about! We haven’t needed to have a canalside food delivery yet but I can see it will be on the cards come winter, especially if we move further away from friends who are kind enough to us to the shops.
We are both getting ready to cruise again. Other than Erewash we haven’t ventured on any new water since we set off in July and as winter is coming it will be nice to enjoy some proper cruising days and explore some new areas. Also, we have been cruising 68 days and it would only take us probably 3 days of cruising to get back to Newark! ((That’s just ridiculous. I’m not sure you can even call yourselves continuous cruisers!)) I know! Don’t worry there are some fab, long cruising days coming up!
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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