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Day 52 – Thurs 7th Sept – On the move again.

I apologise if the format of this blog is a bit all over the place! My internet went weird, again and in a bid not to lose my mind and time, i'm not faffing with it anymore! You might need to imagine punctuation, spacing and ignore any errors ((Just a standard blog then Peachy!))  What… Continue reading Day 52 – Thurs 7th Sept – On the move again.

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Day 48 – Sun 3rd Sept – Getting ready to cruise

Today was all about getting the boat ready to cruise. I finished cleaning the main area of the boat whilst Chris put another coat on the bow. I think I quite possibly snuck in a power nap. ((It’s not a power nap though is it really? I mean ‘power’ nap suggest a high flyer. I… Continue reading Day 48 – Sun 3rd Sept – Getting ready to cruise

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Day 45 – Thursday 31st August – More boat jobs

Today was another day of jobs as I sorted out cleaning the tiles and varnished the wood above the fire as it was really dry. I also got the old Brasso out to clean up the brass ring around the top of the fire and ended up using a bit of wire wool to get… Continue reading Day 45 – Thursday 31st August – More boat jobs

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Day 39 – Friday 25th August – Langley Mill Boatyard Dry Dock!

It’s up early today and we have a recky around the boat and marvel at how fab it looks. It’s also one of those situations where you make one area look nice and so the rest looks terrible so we decide to tackle the painting of the stern. Vikky from the boatyard called them the… Continue reading Day 39 – Friday 25th August – Langley Mill Boatyard Dry Dock!

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Day 37 – Wednesday 23rd August – Cruising the Erewash

Started off at a bit of a different morning with grey cloud and the threat of showers. We scarpered early to bed last night as we were both tired having not done a whole day of locks like that probably since we had our big cruise last year! My muscles on muscles ache this morning… Continue reading Day 37 – Wednesday 23rd August – Cruising the Erewash