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Boat DIY and spring showers…Day 251

C.L. Peache

Friday 29th March Day 251

It was more scraping, sanding and painting as we aim to try and get the roof sorted so one side is finished as the weather is being kind today. It’s a long job when you’re working with 60ft of boat but it’s very satisfying to get it done and more importantly it’s protecting the boat from rust and hopefully saving us an expense in the future by looking after it now. The other side we are going to tackle next week once we have turned the boat around ((Since I can see into the future I don’t think this is going to happen!))

Once done, I crack on with some more of the canal book as well as a bit of freelance work – although it’s pretty quiet on the email as most people who have set hours are off for the bank holiday but it’s nice to catch up as much as possible as next week will probably be busy as we finalise the exciting programme for this year.

The weather is very changeable in the afternoon as sunshine and rain fight for their right to dominate the skies and we are treated to an absolutely amazing rainbow across the boat. I even left my very tasty luxury fish fingers and chips ((WHAT!)) and went outside in Chris’s flipflops and coat as it was chucking it down, but the picture was well worth it. What a glorious setting it is at the end of the Ashby canal. Day done. Until tomorrow. x

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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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