As schools and colleges return, and universities prepare for their students, I’ve also been at the sharp end of the learning curve, learning vital lessons. It’s a tough business learning – sometimes we go into it with trepidation, sometimes with huge confidence. We’re here after all at whatever stage we’ve reached, because someone decrees weContinue reading “BEWARE – learning is hard!”
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Life is easy when there’s just no choice.
Living afloat has its challenges – I shall be getting my steps in along the towpath trying to find a decent signal to post this blog for example – but they are without doubt outweighed by the positives. Lockdowns made life hard but also strangely easier. There were fewer choices to make, fewer decisions toContinue reading “Life is easy when there’s just no choice.”
Anniversary effects and decision time
Anniversaries are strange things – personal and public at the same time. They can cheer and depress us, sometimes simultaneously thus not aligning totally with the psychologists’ definition of anniversary effect being solely related to trauma. We’ve celebrated 33 years of marriage this month – tongue in cheek this maybe traumatic for my Other Half!Continue reading “Anniversary effects and decision time”
Summertime and the living (and working) is easy..
The long hot days of summer are back with a vengeance as I write. Living, as well as working afloat, has a different feel. We live and work differently in this type of weather. Because we are involved in supporting a major community event in Leicestershire this weekend, meeting up with friends and family, weContinue reading “Summertime and the living (and working) is easy..”
Essential ingredients for quality of life
Holidays – a chance to relax, recharge, reconnect, revitalise and learn. We’ve done all of those things in 5 days this week with gusto and glee. We’ve recharged our batteries with new sights, new routines and new places. It’s made us even more appreciative of our families and friends, our wonderful lifestyle and our floatingContinue reading “Essential ingredients for quality of life”
First holiday prep
Our holiday planning started as most people’s does. The 5Ws and an H or two come into play. When… what can we afford …where shall we go…how shall we travel…what do we need to pack…etc. Like so many people we are thinking of a holiday for the first time since Covid struck the world. ItContinue reading “First holiday prep”
WiFi hot spots and an alarmingly hotdog
Living afloat in the UK, as some have found living on land, has been testing this past week as the highest temperatures were recorded – 40.3 degrees Centigrade in Lincolnshire. Summer heat comes as no surprise to many narrowboat dwellers. Living as we do in steel boxes we do tend to expect summers to beContinue reading “WiFi hot spots and an alarmingly hotdog”
Waste not – want not – a valid mantra for today
We’ve been working flat out this past week off the boat (well as flat out as you can with Covid although both of us have now finally tested negative) refurbishing a rental house as one tenant left for another to move in. It’s been a salutary time of ups and downs. The tenant who leftContinue reading “Waste not – want not – a valid mantra for today”
Covid, violent colours and discarded underwear – our life this week
Covid seems to have left one us bu is clinging to the other according to lateral flow test. We are now both sounding as if we have colds and coughing has been reduced mainly to the evenings. It’s a good thing that we are out of bed at least as one of our tenants gaveContinue reading “Covid, violent colours and discarded underwear – our life this week”
Is it a conspiracy or are we doomed?
After years of being told that we really should cruise the Erewash Canal which ambles between Nottingham and Derby, this week we’ve made it onto Erewash waters but it now looks as if we won’t be able to complete the navigation. The River Soar took us to its junction with the mighty River Trent inContinue reading “Is it a conspiracy or are we doomed?”
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