christmas, offgrid, social media

It’s Christmas Day!

Monday 25th December Day 156 Christmas Day started at 6.30am after I’d stoked up the fire, switched on the xmas lights and set up The Snowman to watch on TV. It’s a little Christmas tradition as Chris has a lay in until I decide I’m too excited and make him a brew and wake him… Continue reading It’s Christmas Day!

collaborations, editing, Motivation, Patreon

Cleaning and a new Patreon!

Thursday 14th December Day 145 Today I get the urge to clean! By that I mean that I end up taking out everything from the cupboards starting in the bedroom, sorting everything and cleaning ceilings, walls, floors and everything in between. It’s surprising how long it takes and how much stuff you can still fit… Continue reading Cleaning and a new Patreon!

boat, writing goals, youtube

A trip to Stafford… Day 136

Tuesday 5th December Day 136 Today looked like the better weather day so we packaged up our old coffee machine and with trepidation of turning up in Stafford via bus, wandering the streets and finding the postoffice only to find out they don’t take in Amazon parcels. This is part of boating life, the one… Continue reading A trip to Stafford… Day 136

Anxiety, offgrid

The canal is frozen! Will we make it to the marina? Day 131

Thursday 30th November Day 131 Wow it was a cold one last night and we wake up to a partially frozen canal and our windows on the inside are well and truly frost bitten! It didn’t feel too bad in the night as we stoked up the fire but I do remember turning over at… Continue reading The canal is frozen! Will we make it to the marina? Day 131

canal, canallife, narrowboats, publishing

Ice… on the inside of the boat!

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!