Living afloat brings so many dimensions to life. Some are expected – like being able to move on when you don’t fancy the location (or the neighbours), or you feel you’ve explored everything you can in that place, but some are totally unexpected. The sensory scope of each place is remarkable, and unless you areContinue reading “Tuning in”
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Silver linings and a reminder of what really matters
I know that many people working from home have found themselves viewing their home differently – some despairingly but many positively, learning about their home and community in a different way. I’ve had a new experience of our home this week too. I don’t do ill very often – I think the last time wasContinue reading “Silver linings and a reminder of what really matters”
Winter’s coming so we’re planning and ham-ming it up!
The first frost arrived this week hard on the heels of the clock change, and a need to have the fire lit more often now to keep us cosy. The frost caught me by surprise meaning the early exit the dog and I make through the stern hatch turned into farce. The hatch was frozenContinue reading “Winter’s coming so we’re planning and ham-ming it up!”
Effective communication
Just as in business, education and let’s be honest any relationship – it’s not all plain sailing on the canals, and communication, or rather miscommunication, is at the heart of most issues. This working week has been a sorting week for us – getting on with jobs that have been outstanding, prepping the boat forContinue reading “Effective communication”
After a year of trying – we can’t go on
A year ago as the second lockdown loomed in England in the face of the Covid pandemic, we were on the idyllic 22 lock-free miles of the Ashby Canal for the first time. Our intention was to sit out the lockdown in a Marina, namely the Bosworth Marina, and then make our way to theContinue reading “After a year of trying – we can’t go on”
Blisworth Tunnel Blues
This week, for what I believe to be the first time ever, I played Blisworth Tunnel Blues in its namesake location.
A memorable week – was yours?
Last week for us was yet another crammed with memorable moments. It makes me realise that it’s not possessions or work but people and events that make most of our important memories. What memories will you keep from last week? We came to London to run a marathon and that’s just what Steve did. WeContinue reading “A memorable week – was yours?”
The end of a year afloat and hardest blog to write
Exactly one year ago we sold most of our possessions, let our house and the two of us (plus the dog of course) moved to live full time on a 50ft long, 7ft wide narrowboat continuously cruising the waterways. Our adventure began at Sileby Mill in Leicestershire on the canalised section of the River Soar,Continue reading “The end of a year afloat and hardest blog to write”
Come spend a week afloat
“So what do you do all day?” people often ask when they hear we live on a narrowboat? Working and living afloat as continuous cruisers is different from having a holiday so here’s how the last week has looked to us. It is an unusual week in that we had the car for part ofContinue reading “Come spend a week afloat”
Climbing staircases with a narrowboat
Join us on the stage as bit part actors for the delight of the gongoozlers at Foxton. We ascended this time after the Bank Holiday had whimpered its less than sunny way towards September and the return of the Leicestershire schools, thinking it would be a quiet climb, necessary to get us underway again. FoxtonContinue reading “Climbing staircases with a narrowboat”
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