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Narrowboat Kantara: February 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. I don't like letting this much time pass between blog posts, but then I don't like writing posts which really have little to say. I've been looking back over the blog's past years, and frankly I. Initially, maybe Lulu. Too It'd be good to have it actually in real print on real paper in a real cover. We want to replace the carpet in the boat, but we'd like to keep what's on the wall up to dado height - which is pristine - and get c...
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Narrowboat Kantara: March 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Monday, March 30, 2015. Work starts, eventually. Finally, Grace was able to ease the boat into the bay from which she was craned up and laid on trestles. Kantara, that is, not Grace. Then came a two-hour pressure-hosing. We carried on to the Foxton Locks Inn for lunch. Boaters will be very thankful as they glide past in future. One of the team remained, clearing up the smaller bits of tree from the towing-path. The "bobbles" on the surface are drops of water.
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Narrowboat Kantara: A bit of a detour - Sawley Cut
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Saturday, July 25, 2015. A bit of a detour - Sawley Cut. A large group of volunteers were working hard on a stretch of the bank, removing huge swathes of the pernicious Himalayan Balsam which would take over the waterways, given half a chance. Well done, Friends of CRT! San Fairy Ann leading the way. Ahead, Dave, straight ahead! Dave and Sandy got soaked, filling their water tank. It was a lovely evening, however. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs and ...
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Narrowboat Kantara: October 2014
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Saturday, October 25, 2014. Though I hope this post will be of interest to readers, I'm writing it largely as a personal aide memoire of details which are very important to me - though that's pretty much the purpose of the whole blog. One day, I'll want to look back on this part of my life, and the blog will remind me of details I might otherwise forget. Which really inspired me. And we both started Intermittent Fasting. And then something happened. Is a fairl...
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Narrowboat Kantara: August 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Friday, August 28, 2015. Android apps for canal users - Part 3. In part 1, I told you about the Canal Boat magazine app, which I don't use. But I have just installed another app by the same publisher. Canal Boat Cruise Guide. Obviously, there are more detailed and comprehensive sources of this information, but I've found it gives enough for me to get a good idea of what a route, and the places en route, are like. Useful, I think. Links to this post. Until yest...
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Narrowboat Kantara: July 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Friday, July 31, 2015. Trent trip - final day. Wednesday morning, and, after long farewells with Dave and Sandy, we left Smeeton and moved on. San Fairy Ann led the way, past Debdale Wharf and on to Foxton, where they turned left and went up the Market Harborough Arm, and we moored up at the foot of the locks, to wait to go up. Grace and I had a long haul back to Yelvertoft, slowed at times by others - difficult meetings at bridges and bends, and having to fol...
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Narrowboat Kantara: January 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Monday, January 19, 2015. Our week in the Lake District. On Monday, we felt more energetic! We didn't travel beyond Derwentwater, but did a lot of walking along its banks. The weather was mainly dry, but with a biting wind which gusted strongly at times. The water was higher than ever. We had lunch at Bryson's Tea Room. Huge pieces of very tasty quiche with a huge mixed salad. The long walks paid off; the lakes take on a new beauty, even in the lightest of snow.
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Narrowboat Kantara: June 2015
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Monday, June 15, 2015. And soon we travel! The price we pay for getting the paintwork done. On top of the one with a £ in front of it! Links to this post. Labels: Grand Union Canal. Wednesday, June 03, 2015. Well, what a day! I'm sure you all had the same kind of weather as we experienced over the past couple of days. In fact, I believe there were those who suffered worse. But it was quite something here! To take up a post at. Sir Frederic Osborne School.
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Narrowboat Kantara: September 2014
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. There followed another two days of lovely weather, although both were dull and cooler to start with, shedding the clouds and the chill by noon. But it's lovely weather for boating! We went down Bascote and five more locks with Annie, and the three crew were good company. We parted with them just before bridge 35, near the village of Radford Semple, where we moored for lunch. We stayed the night where we were moored. After lunch we ...
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Narrowboat Kantara: Out of Leicester, and getting stoned at Pochin's Bridge
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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Out of Leicester, and getting stoned at Pochin's Bridge. No, I said, we're just about to leave. If you can't take up my offer of a meal now, then I'm afraid I don't trust you with any money I might give you, and I can't help. And he left. Sigh. I did try to help. And Grace and Dave were very slick at entering and leaving locks together. We were a very good team. The weather was just right, too. Not the most picturesque of sites". But t...
