Today was all about getting the boat ready to cruise. I finished cleaning the main area of the boat whilst Chris put another coat on the bow. I think I quite possibly snuck in a power nap. ((It’s not a power nap though is it really? I mean ‘power’ nap suggest a high flyer. I… Continue reading Day 48 – Sun 3rd Sept – Getting ready to cruise
This is late again! One day i will catch up and have my blogs scheduled a week in advance! I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine today - Tuesday 5th Sept, it's been a hot one that is for sure... okay, now let me take you back in time... I cannot believe it happened! ((OH… Continue reading Day 43 – Tuesday 29th August – It’s back in the water for The Plot and…
Today we had to return the car to Newark as we thought we were going to cruise back down the Erewash tomorrow but in the end we decided to stay a few more days to do jobs on the boat as mentioned before the fire is crucial to us this year. Tomorrow will see us… Continue reading Day 42 – Monday 28th August – Trip to Newark & Boat jobs
It’s up early today and we have a recky around the boat and marvel at how fab it looks. It’s also one of those situations where you make one area look nice and so the rest looks terrible so we decide to tackle the painting of the stern. Vikky from the boatyard called them the… Continue reading Day 39 – Friday 25th August – Langley Mill Boatyard Dry Dock!
Continuing from yesterday… the next lock was Eastwood lock which I can remember nothing about ((Of course you carn’t Peachy. It’s not as if anyone actually expects these blogs to be informative!)) I will attempt to give a better account on my way back! We finally arrived to Langley Mill Lock and as luck would… Continue reading Day 38 – Thursday 24th August – Boat blacking
C.L. Peache 