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Boat jobs and a food delivery… Day 248

C.L. Peache

Tuesday 26th March Day 248

I woke feeling like it was time to start making an effort and lose some weight – i think they say TV looks like you’re 2 stone heavier… so I pulled on my wellies and off I went ((I hope you had more than just your wellies on!)) do not buy a boat unless you get some wellies, they are an absolute must on these very, very muddy towpaths. I wander along the towpath and when I come to the tunnel I take a left as only boats can go through the tunnel – back in the day people would have ‘legged’ a boat through the tunnel. I find a nice walk around a playing field with a wonderful blossom tree and then it’s back to the boat and work at the dinette in the morning.

After lunch we decide to started on the roof whilst the weather is nice. Chris cleaned one section from the chimney which is about in the middle of the boat to the stern, then it was rust treatment and filler before I came along with a steady hand to paint. I was very chuffed with the line I maintained down the boat and it’s another step closer to bringing the boat back to life.

In the afternoon, as we wait for our food delivery, the biggest bee I’ve ever seen coming into the boat – clearly a queen. We very careful guide it outside, as much as I love bees that one was a whopper and it’s home was outside and not in our boat. The food delivery doesn’t go to plan as I have no signal on my phone and the delivery driver couldn’t initially find the address, but they get here in the end and then it’s back to the boat to unpack and the usual of deciding we don’t know what we want for tea because we have too many choices! Day done. Until tomorrow. x

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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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