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Cruising kinda day… Day 231

C.L. Peache

Saturday 9th March Day 231

Up early again today as we need to cruise as the toilets are reaching maximum capacity. ((Thanks for sharing that. Put me right off my cornflakes)) It’s been a nice quiet mooring and a lovely spot. The weather is threatening rain and there was some this morning as we enjoyed a coffee in bed – no cappuccino from the machine though as the batteries didn’t charge fully as the travel pack didn’t charge them. ((You mean you had instant coffee???? Instant???)) well, it was a coffee bag so a step up from instant.

It’s a nice cruise with only one lock to do so pretty smooth going and although cold, the weather is kind to us and we find a lovely mooring just above one of the locks overlooking a field and just about right from the Fradley junction facilities without going through the locks. We deploy the CCV – cassette carrying vehicle – the electric bike, tie the cassette to it and off we go. We really need to empty both of the cassettes as we have a spare but that can wait until Monday when we are cruising past the facilities. ((once again, oversharing))

Job done, it’s back to the boat and I try and get some work done but the signal is not so good so do what I can so I give the boat a clean instead. Day done. Until tomorrow. xx

Miles/Distance: 3 / Locks: 1

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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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