Life has been reflected in the weather this week. Living so close to the elements, to nature makes us feel part of the environment around us. A single ray of sunshine above the floods this week has had a ridiculously positive impact on our spirits, and a single drop of rain delivers out of proportionContinue reading “From joy to sunken dreams – in a single week”
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Everybody needs good neighbours
This week has made evident just how important a strong community is to us and society as a whole. We woke at the weekend to find the river had risen dramatically overnight, our pallet step was in danger of being washed away and the towpath had vanished underwater along with the pub car park nearby.Continue reading “Everybody needs good neighbours”
Best of all worlds and best for choice?
It is interesting to see your own way of life portrayed on television, particularly if it is a little different. We are familiar with Robbie Cumming’s Canal Boat Diaries and always thought them the most honest representation of how we found narrowboat life. Then there was Narrow Escapes which, while entertaining, bore little familiarity toContinue reading “Best of all worlds and best for choice?”
Signs, symbols and significance
Next Monday is Candlemas Day, a day traditionally of long range weather prediction, pancakes and of course, candles. Weather lore is more than folklore, but based on sensory observations over many years, changes in temperature, smell, sounds and sights. If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another fight.(In other words there isContinue reading “Signs, symbols and significance”
Inspiring new beginnings amid the winds of change
How rapidly things change for us, and not just river levels! Last week we were awaiting the arrival of a grandchild. He finally arrived in the early hours of a Tuesday morning, a big lad whose arrival proved very uncomfortable for himself and his poor mum. Both are, we believe, recovering. He looks gorgeous andContinue reading “Inspiring new beginnings amid the winds of change”
Out of control
This has been a week of waiting. Waiting with anticipation and a little anxiety for a baby to arrive; waiting for the threatened rain and more flooding after things had begun to subside; waiting for news of the Skipper’s mum who was taken by ambulance to hospital; waiting for a damp proof course to cureContinue reading “Out of control”
Displacement activity including another named storm
This Storm Goretti, aka Storm Spaghetti as a certain 8-year old dubbed it this week has kept us guessing. We had a warning of “significant snowfall” so someone was expecting a snow day of making snowmen and sledging (as were his teachers). They weren’t the only ones severely disappointed when the snow failed to materialiseContinue reading “Displacement activity including another named storm”
Live your dream
Many of us start a new year with a reflective look back at the old, but for us circumstances have resulted in a rather further look back than usual. With a new grandchild very imminent we are back in the area where we started our narrowboat living journey over 5 years ago, and that hasContinue reading “Live your dream”
What to do when the only certainty is uncertainty
2025 has been been a dramatic year living afloat on the inland waterways. It started on New Year’s Day with a large breach of the Bridgewater canal at Little Bollington in Cheshire, a breach which is still being repaired. It ends with a dramatic breach on the Llangollen Canal near Whitchurch. Luckily neither of theseContinue reading “What to do when the only certainty is uncertainty”
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