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What’s happened to the chocolate Ovaltine? Day 289

C.L. Peache

Monday 6th May – Day 289

((what kind of a title is that? Are you actually losing the plot?)) It’s the last day with the car today and we are ready to cruise. It’s been really nice having a few days with only a little time on the laptop and my eyes feel better for it. In the morning, we head to Bedford as we have never been there before and park up near the river, which we only just realised we will travel along one day when we come this way. We treat ourselves to a coffee as we watch the world go by and people running up and down the riverside.

Afterward it’s a visit to Home Bargains ((Oh you know how to live Peachy!)) it really is a treat when you move around and don’t always have access to these shops for bits and bobs. We also visit Tesco and Asda to fill the boat with shopping whilst we only have to carry it from where we have managed to park the hire car, in a safe residential area about three minutes from the boat. We have to try about three shops before I managed to track down some chocolate Ovaltine ((I really don’t know why I associate myself with this blog anymore!)) It’s a drink i really like, but it has to be the chocolate one. Sometimes it can be a nightmare to find – i suspect there are lots of secret drinkers out there!

After lunch we return to the boat and I spent a few hours at the dinette sorting out my storage on my laptop as I’m running out of room creating the vlogs for YouTube. I also sort a lot of other faffy things to do with the PC which every time I switch on my laptop I mean to do, but never get around to it’s a job well done.

Then that’s about the day done. Until tomorrow. x

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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