In mid August on a balmy morning walk with the dog, a small person (aged 3) picked up a number of pink granite stones from a path. The stones are quarried nearby to where we were then moored and where we used to live, in the pleasant riverside Leicestershire village of Mountsorrel. We used theContinue reading “Mouse on board!”
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Sharing enriches and reinforces life
For so much of the past year we’ve been unable to share our lives, our experiences with others in person. It’s one thing to write about life and work afloat, another to experience it. This week we’ve been in the company of three groups of delightful people – learning from them, sharing with them howContinue reading “Sharing enriches and reinforces life”
Life and Death and Tiller Itch
Tiller itch was something I first heard from Robbie Cummings and I agree with him – it sounds revolting! (If you want to know what life is really like living on a cruising narrowboat Robbie Cummings’ Canal Boat Diaries are a MUST). It has been a month now since we arrived in Leicestershire and we’ve notContinue reading “Life and Death and Tiller Itch”
A new take on life
What we think of our world depends on how we look at and interact with it. We’ve chosen to move more slowly by living and working afloat and we know that has allowed us, in fact given us the priviledge, of seeing things differently. It’s possible to see more of the world unfolding in frontContinue reading “A new take on life”
Top 10 tips for small space and more effective work/home living
Anyone who knows me knows I may be organised but I am not renowned for being neat and tidy! This trait, combined with moving to live permanently on a 50ft narrowboat has given me a particular challenge. Narrowboats are compact homes that demand ingenious and creative storage spaces if we are going to have spaceContinue reading “Top 10 tips for small space and more effective work/home living”
Making changes – reducing impact. Positive wins in lockdown and beyond
Hunkering down on a canal can, we’ve recognised, be a good place to be during a storm as water levels are managed in a way that’s difficult (if not impossible) on a river. We sat listening to Storm Christoph winds howling (and stealing a piece of fake grass off our roof which was protecting theContinue reading “Making changes – reducing impact. Positive wins in lockdown and beyond”
Warning – chains, treats, images of underwear and a shoe crisis
I am cursing Boris…for a variety of reasons, but in this instance for forcing me to struggle through 12 bloody-minded locks in drizzle which turned to a downpour in a bid to escape his threatened lockdown and travel somewhere – anywhere! We did it. We… 1.Beat Boris’s anticipated lockdown although like many I am weepingContinue reading “Warning – chains, treats, images of underwear and a shoe crisis”
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