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Day 47 – Saturday 2nd September – Boat cleaning day!

Today it’s the big boat clean! The fire is in as i said yesterday and even though there are jobs to finish on it they shouldn’t cause any mess so it’s time to get rid of all the mess! So, I chuck Chris out as he’s decided to tackle prepping the bow to be painted… Continue reading Day 47 – Saturday 2nd September – Boat cleaning day!

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Day 46 – Friday 1st September – You guessed it…

It's Friday 8th in the real world. Sorry the blog is late again but my tinternet has been shocking and i've not been able to receive a good enough signal to post. Even now it's not brilliant but here goes... i've used an old photo of the boat which is how it looked when we… Continue reading Day 46 – Friday 1st September – You guessed it…

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Day 44 – Wednesday 30th August – Boat jobs

It’s been a wonderful day. I’ve properly enjoyed it. ((Have you finally been talked into having HRT or have you started on the rose wine??)) Nope, just a natural high. I was aching soooooooooo much last night and slept so well after it being non-stop but woke up feeling ready to get stuck into more… Continue reading Day 44 – Wednesday 30th August – Boat jobs

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Day 38 – Thursday 24th August – Boat blacking

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

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Day Eight – Stoke – Wednesday 26th July

We were up early and decided to seize the day as we needed some water, so we ((That royal ‘we’ again)) swung the boat out into the river and let the river’s flow gently take us back to the lock area where the water point is. We were surprised how well it worked and we… Continue reading Day Eight – Stoke – Wednesday 26th July