Tuesday 21st November Day 122((before Peachy starts this will be a long blog so I suggest you make yourself a Bailey with ice and settle down)) Today we are ready to cruise. It’s funny how we are getting the ‘feeling’ to move. We absolutely loved mooring up in Stone, it’s a really lovely market town… Continue reading It’s a long cruise today…
Category: narrowboats
Getting post on the boat, leaky windows & how much did our narrowboat cost?
We um and ah for a while but in the end decide to stay put. On this stretch the boat services are very close together and then it’s a long stretch without them to Great Haywood so it makes sense. I have the last few days of vlogs to catch up on and this blog… Continue reading Getting post on the boat, leaky windows & how much did our narrowboat cost?
Traffic jam on the canal!
Wednesday 25th October – Day 101 We leave Longford Lock and it’s a short cruise to Penkridge Lock and the services. We queue jump! Eekkk. It’s hard to tell on some of these lock landings as people do sneak in mooring at the end of them and so we thought the people were just moored… Continue reading Traffic jam on the canal!
Narrowboat life… Day 92 – 98 – Mon 16th – Sun 22nd October
Monday 16th – Day 92 Today we decided to explore a bit more of the Shugborough estate whilst we are staying in the area as there is so much to see. It’s a beautiful, crisp autumnal walk and we are all wrapped up but the shades are on as it’s so bright. The house isn’t… Continue reading Narrowboat life… Day 92 – 98 – Mon 16th – Sun 22nd October
Day 67 – Friday 22nd sept – boat jobs – we get boarded!
We crack on with the final jobs doing the stove ((Honestly is this the longest renovation in history! How much longer can you string it out!)) Look it takes a while okay, we’ve had to wait and order things to be collected from the local postoffice and various other reasons – ((Oh yeah, like having… Continue reading Day 67 – Friday 22nd sept – boat jobs – we get boarded!
C.L. Peache 