Top 20 tips drawn from hard experience – ours and others – here to help you have a fab holiday. Packing – whatever you think you need in terms of luggage – halve it! If you think the old waterproofs from the back of the hall cupboard will be fine, put them on and standContinue reading “20 tips to make the most of any holiday – afloat or even ashore”
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Ice inside and out… nature lessons… and our few last nights locked down
To mark our extended stay here in Willington, South Derbyshire we commissioned a figurehead for the boat from the talented Paul and Christine on Foxtrot (@Foxtrotand Wood ‘N’ Crafts). Willington Will, our guiding mallard duck will see us right! We’ve also had our first Easter living on the boat so Happy Easter everyone. I reallyContinue reading “Ice inside and out… nature lessons… and our few last nights locked down”
Learn the language for a great 2021 staycation afloat
Matt Hancock’s taking his staycation in Cornwall this year we hear. He’s advising people to book UK holidays for 2021. In our experience, one of the best self-contained breaks is on a narrowboat. Having given up our old bricks and mortar lifestyle after Lockdown 1 to live permanently on a narrowboat, we noticed between LockdownContinue reading “Learn the language for a great 2021 staycation afloat”
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