Ey up mi duck – we made it! If you read last week’s update we’ve completed the first part of Plan C. We’ve donned our life jackets (all 3 of us) and hurtled down the Trent before Storm Ashley sends it back into flood, and executed a sharp left turn from the river onto theContinue reading “Fraud, dripping and fraught navigation”
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Building resistance while getting scuppered
Our coddiwompling is coming to an end for a while as winter draws near. It is possibly my favourite season living afloat and we’ve decided to try something new this year. For the first time, we’ve determined to try staying in one place for the winter months near our family. A couple of weeks agoContinue reading “Building resistance while getting scuppered”
New waters and nerve-wracking decisions
A change of scene does us all good, as boaters know only too well. This week we’ve begun exploring the Caldon, somewhere we’ve wanted to travel for the past five years. Problems with locks and water levels have stopped us until now, but now we are here. The Canal takes off from the Trent &Continue reading “New waters and nerve-wracking decisions”
Never take life for granted
Like the English weather, we were reminded this week that life can turn on its head in a split second or even be extinguished as fast. Four years ago this week, we sold up, moved life and work onto a 50ft narrowboat saying: “We’ll try this for two years and see how it goes.” We’reContinue reading “Never take life for granted”
New beginnings, a new challenge and a reboot
I feel like I’ve returned home to a parallel universe after my time away. I left just about 10 days ago in periodic warm summer days, but I’ve returned to what is clearly autumn. Uniforms and backpacks are taking over the early towpath from habitual dog walkers; leaves fluttering from hedgerows and trees like confettiContinue reading “New beginnings, a new challenge and a reboot”
A new POV on a floating life
What an amazing fortnight it’s been – a joyous wedding in glorious sunshine of our youngest daughter and the gaining for us of a wonderful son-in-law. The bringing together of so many friends and four generations of family from all over the globe, some we haven’t see for years, and many who haven’t seen eachContinue reading “A new POV on a floating life”
Election matters
General elections are different when you live afloat as a continuous cruiser, moving from location to location. We’ve already voted via postal votes after managing to register to vote as No Fixed Abode voters – see our previous blog for the ins and outs of that initial saga! This election has brought us clear positives:Continue reading “Election matters”
Hooked on giving therapy, income and joy
Life alternates for us these days between a static floating existence at point A and frenetic activity before returning to point A. It seems perhaps how we used to live in the years before we moved afloat. It feels like living for a while with more gentle sunsets than electrifying sunrises. Family needs mean thatContinue reading “Hooked on giving therapy, income and joy”
Just one thing – a late arrangement of learning
The sadly suddenly late Dr Michael Mosley in his recent series just one thing looked at the value of learning a new skill. Researchers from Herriot Watt University said activities that involve a combination of physical, mental, and social elements seem to be particularly beneficial. So they advised finding something that fits you as anContinue reading “Just one thing – a late arrangement of learning”
Give, give up & give time to feel good
This weekend in London, 50,000 of the 500,000 runners who applied will run the 26.2 miles of the London Marathon. It will be the culmination of hundreds of hours of training for each runner, many long, lonely cold, and wet hours through the winter, getting their minds and bodies ready for this moment. Since itContinue reading “Give, give up & give time to feel good”
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