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Mr Thrifty
Common sense prevailsIt was good to read nb Freespirits blog and find out that the problems on The Ashby Canal have been resolved. It appears that the local fishing club who resent the yearly canal...
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Finders Keepers
We pulled pins from our mooring in Berkhamsted on Thursday morning after a couple of days there. We both like the Town as it has so much to offer ,with good shopping and a very friendly atmosphere....
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Firkum Hall
Still up the Wendover arm and we still can’t believe how quiet it is. We have seen a few boats come up to the end and turn and one or two of them have stopped the night, but mostly we have had it all...
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Where's the Ducks ?
On Tuesday morning we pulled pins at 07.55 and headed down towards Marsworth junction this is where the Aylesbury arm joins the Grand Union canal. we wanted to do this arm last year but due to a lock...
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Four Candles
After arriving at Aylesbury and not knowing if we could moor or not we decided to just go for it and see if anybody says anything to us.We pulled over on to the pontoons in front of the new building...
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Canal and River Trust
Does anyone ever take notice of these signs that are all over the network ???? Happy Days
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Out of Aylesbury
On Friday morning we pulled pins at 08.00 and the first job before leaving Aylesbury was to empty the cassette in the Elsan and then off to the first lock of the day. Just what you need at your first...
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Crumble
Last weekend has to be one of the busiest we have had since we have been on the Grand Union Canal and everybody seemed to be in a hurry. In the end we got so fed up with being bumped about that we put...
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Lucky Hamish
This is our dog Hamish and he is the luckiest dog in the world.For some bizarre reason he decided to run out in front of this harvester as they cut the corn in the field next to our mooring. Luckily...
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Strike the pose
We are currently moored 2 miles north of Leighton Buzzard and are with are bestest friends on the cut, Stewart and Fran (Striking the pose) from Narrowboat The Boat. We have been joined by Gary the...
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Perfect
We are currently moored 2 miles north of Leighton Buzzard and have Gary on his coal boat and butty moored behind us.His boats were built by Harland and wolff (Builders of the Titanic) in 1936 and are...
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Fuzzy Duck
On Wednesday morning we pulled pins at 07.35 and after winding made our way back to Leighton Buzzard. The best thing here is that Tesco and Aldi are just the other side of the hedge and as it was so...
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The Plank
After mooring for the night above Church lock this boat motored by. I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the side of it. Nearly half of the side of the boat was missing . The Plank man that was...
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Billy no mates
After a long day cruising and locking and going up a very shallow canal we are so lucky to pick up our favourite mooring at the end of The Wendover arm.Not long after arriving Stewart soon hooked this...
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Accident waiting to happen
With Carolyn back from Devon it wasn't long before she found this haul of free winter heat. Its not a lot but it is a startWe pulled pins from Wendover and left the arm in Glorious sunshine and it...
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Canal rage
We pulled pins in Beautiful sunshine at 07.30 and cruised down to Church lock. After leaving the lock and when Carolyn had shut the gates she then had to descend some very steep steps and squeeze...
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Hot or cold
I have said it before and i will say it again , only an idiot a silly boater takes a narrowboat out in very high winds. Even low winds can make a huge difference to how the boat handles. We have come...
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Toilet talk
With an early start it was straight on to the services at Fenny Stratford. We were low on water and had a couple of bags of rubbish and 3 full toilet cassettes to get shot of. Now then while on the...
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The NAGS HEAD
Just a short blog today as it is my Birthday and as most people will know i have never worked or done very much on this day each year for the last 39 years. The sun is now above Inca’s Yardarm so its...
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RED RED WINE
We pulled pins from Giffard park and headed North towards Cosgrove. After a couple of days of rain and wind it was good to be on the move again.The downside to the bad weather has been having to run...
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