Tuesday 19th March Day 241
Various noises coming from the direction of the woods wake us at 1.30am. It’s probably just animals or just maybe the wind moving the buoys. Of course, my brain thinks of serial killers or vampires and before I know it my imagination is off making up characters and stories so takes a while to get back to sleep.
As a result we don’t make until about 9am but by 10am we’ve had the usual coffee in bed and catch up on socials before it up and time to get some vlogging done as it’s raining outside definitely an inside type of morning.
After lunch the rain clears so we decide to cruise the boat in the afternoon. It’s not the nicest stretch of the Coventry canal as there is a lot of rubbish, predominately plastic bottles everywhere and it isn’t until we get past Nuneaton; where there are lots of lovely allotments and before we know it we are at the entrance of the Ashby canal. We didn’t mean to cruise this far today but here we are. We both feel different arriving onto this new section of canal. I’ve mentioned before we’ve cruised the Ashby canal before on a hire boat back in 2021 and it’s great to be back. Almost feel like we are holiday ((Well!)) we cruise past a couple of bridges and moor up for the night, else before we know it will be another canal ticked off the list.
About half an hour before sunset we go for a little walk and end up seeing the couple who we have been boat hopping on the Coventry canal and through the Atherstone locks. As the chat progresses we exchange names and realise that they were in Great Haywood marina for the same amount of time as we were and we’d never met them. The marina wasn’t that big so I’m surprised none of us remember seeing each other. They have been boating for many years and it’s lovely to chat to them and get a few very important top tips.
A very pleasant day done. Until tomorrow. x
Cruising miles: 5
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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