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
We are rudely awaken by the kids partying in the morning. I open the curtains to give the sheep a piece of my mind and tell them to keep the noise down whilst they are drinking from the canal! What a way to be woken up though. Other than the rumblings of a few trains… Continue reading Day seventeen – Trent Lock – Friday 4th August
It’s with regret we leave the mooring at Stoke. At the risk of being evicted we head off to hopefully secure a mooring at Holme Lock ((big spoiler here folks – they do!)) Hey Brackets, stop ruining my plan of building up the tension of the story, the… will they, won’t they make it alive?… Continue reading Day Ten – On the move – Friday 28th July
11.49Today is moving day for boats and the pontoon all but empties as one by one the boaters move on. It seems 10 am is generally the acceptable time to get out and get on with the day. Chris swings the boat out as well as he can as the river is flowing quickly after… Continue reading Day Six – Gunthorpe to Stoke Baldolph – Monday 24th July
We’ve woken up to a miserable morning as the weather has come out in force but we couldn’t be cosier on the boat as we planned – as much as you can plan when cruising to stay anywhere on the rivers and canals. But we are set for a couple of nights to see out… Continue reading Day Four – Gunthorpe Floating Pontoons- Saturday 22nd July
C.L. Peache 