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Getting the boat ready for the temperatures to plummet! Day 179

Wednesday 17th January Day 179 OMG I’m so behind with blogging – It’s 26th January now. I’ve been ill off and on since we got back from Jersey. Probably picked up a lurgy travelling. ((Eye, eye me hearty!)) Ha, ha. Brackets is referring to the fact I also managed to get an eye infection, which… Continue reading Getting the boat ready for the temperatures to plummet! Day 179

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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!

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Time to cruise. Keeping warm on the boat!

Tuesday 7th November – Day 114 Today it’s up early and a cruise to our old favourite, Tixall Wide and we only have 1 lock to contend with where we encounter another queue the same as on our way up. There is a huge log which would have stopped the gates opening so I called… Continue reading Time to cruise. Keeping warm on the boat!

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Narrowboat faffing!

Saturday 28th October – Day 104 Today we decide to stay put so no cruising. We have a wander back into the village after a morning of cleaning and faffing on the boat and watching some bike racing. We tackle a few little jobs like tacking up the wires for the aerial we installed and… Continue reading Narrowboat faffing!