Saturday 28th October – Day 104
Today we decide to stay put so no cruising. We have a wander back into the village after a morning of cleaning and faffing on the boat and watching some bike racing. We tackle a few little jobs like tacking up the wires for the aerial we installed and add a few bits to the shower room. I’ve said before, I’m looking forward to sorting this room out as one our winter project.
Today we finally sorted out our plan for the winter. I think I mentioned before we have the opportunity to visit Jersey in January for a few weeks as I need to do research for my book ((tell us another one)) which should fall really nicely as hopefully I will be getting the Jersey book back in the next few days so I can work on that through November. Email it back to my publisher for edits and comments and then I can tweak some specific scenes when I get to Jersey. We didn’t want to leave the boat on the cut for that amount of time and we were really struggling to get in Marinas. Luckily we have manged to get in Great Haywood Marina which has worked out really well as it’s in a great location and easy to get to trains etc and friends are not too far away.
In the evening we decide to visit the pub as its about 2 mins away. After a few drinks and a lovely meal, it’s back to the boat. Rookie mistake though as we forgot our head torches so the phone torch has to do the job as we navigate the slippy and muddy footpath. ((Oh I wish you’d fallen in!)) Hey, that’s not very nice. I think I’ve done my job of falling in ((You only went up to your waist. That doesn’t count and anyway no-one filmed it so doesn’t count!))
In the evening I peer out the window as it’s so bright I wonder if a boat is cruising at night but it’s the full moon illumining the sky. How wonderful to watch the reflection in the water. The north star is very clear. Wonderful.
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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