Monday 4th December Day 135 This morning consists of boat jobs as we wait for our food delivery to arrive and the snow has turned mostly to sludge with the pretty much constant rain. But the toilet required emptying, the bin taking out and coal needs to be bought. We are getting through quite a… Continue reading Narrowboat adventures… Day 135 – 141 – Mon 4th Dec to Sun 10th Dec
Sunday 3rd December day 134 I wake up at 3am. The result of being a woman of a certain age but… when I look out the window it has snowed heavily in the night! I cannot contain my excitement so stay up a little bit and build up the fire with wood and coal to… Continue reading SNOW DAY! Day 134
Monday 27th November Day 128 Today we decided to head to Manchester on the train. It’s a bit of a faff as we are at Stone at the moment so have to jump on a train to Stoke on Trent which takes 8 mins and then change for Manchester. I don’t think we have ever… Continue reading A visit to Manchester to check out the canals and Christmas market. Day 128
Monday 27th November Day 128 Today we decided to head to Manchester on the train. It’s a bit of a faff as we are at Stone at the moment so have to jump on a train to Stoke on Trent which takes 8 mins and then change for Manchester. I don’t think we have ever… Continue reading Narrowboat adventures… Mon 27th Nov to Sun 3rd Dec – Day 128 – 134
Saturday 25th November Day 126 Bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. We wake up to frost on the inside of the windows today as it reaches -3 overnight. At one point I woke up and stuck my hand out of the duvet and it was freezing. We did stack up the fire and we had the central heating on before… Continue reading Ice… on the inside of the boat!
C.L. Peache 