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Ice
We woke up to the coldest temperature of the Winter so far with the mercury down to minus 2.3 deg C and the canal was frozen all the way across.It was only thin cat ice and by mid morning it had all...
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A Rockin and a rollin
With the real cold winter weather now well and truly with us we are running the stove a lot hotter and that means more fuel is required. That's ok when there is plenty of free fire wood , but at the...
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Bodge
We pulled pins from Cowroast at 09.30 with a cold wind and a very overcast sky and after filling with water and dumping waste we passed this lovely pair of FMC boats and headed across Tring summit...
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OOPS!!!!
After a night at Pitstone we pulled pins and dropped down eight locks and on to a mooring we like above Church lock. As we were mooring up we saw this little chap (we think its a Stoat) looking at us...
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Three sheets to the wind
Why does the gas always run out when its either at night, raining, snowing ,blowing a hoolie ,Half way through cooking dinner or when i am three sheets to the wind ....
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Good old Mr Tesco
After a few days above Church lock we dropped down into Leighton Buzzard and spent a couple of days moored just outside the town , but within easy walking distance for her Ladyship to get her retail...
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I'm a Lumberjack and I'm ok
There's been a lot of trouble in the past week with low levels of water in the pound between Stoke Hammond lock and Fenny Stratford lock and all the moored boats drying out on their moorings. We were...
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Seasons Greetings
Seasons Greetings Best wishes to all our canal friends and blog followers From Gary and Carolyn...
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Freebies
After a night and a takeaway meal at Giffard park we moved a couple of miles North in strong winds and picked up this mooring at Target turn just before Bradwell.We have passed here many times and...
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Cosgrove
We moored at Wolverton to do a shop at Tesco after leaving Target turn. We have never spent a night here as we have heard several stories about the people in the flats falling out with boaters....
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On the move at last
On Wednesday morning there was a lot of shouting from the boats in front of us and the noise of an engine being run very fast. With in a minute a boat came past us breaking through the ice at full...
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Dyson Y/N ?
Ever since moving aboard back in April 2013 we have not been able to make our minds up on buying a battery operated hoover. We have been using a small 230 volt hoover and to use that we have to dig it...
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Another Selfish !
That's a tiddler (As the Actress said to the Bishop). After a couple of hours of perseverance i managed to catch this small Perch and take a picture of me ,and a fish which is a Selfish…We spent a...
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Twisty turning thing !!
After a noisy night at Whilton and with water pouring over Buckby bottom lock we pulled pins at 12.00 on Tuesday after the morning rain had stopped.Another boat being craned off a lorry at Whilton...
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Cathedral of the canals
As you travel through Braunston on the canal there is one building that dominates the skyline and that's All Saints Church which is also known as The Cathedral of the canals. Many years ago and in the...
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Down the ole
We are still here at Braunston and are now stuck here for a couple more days as Molly has a vets appointment in Staverton Near to Daventry.The waste disposal area at Braunston services and yet another...
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Pot Belly Pig ? Not me surely.
With the stoppage now in force at Braunston locks we decided to have a walk up the flight and see what was going on. With the locks closed there is plenty of room to moor below the bottom lock. The...
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Swan at 10 o’clock
After spending far too long in Braunston it was time to leave ,so after stocking up with supplies from the village shop and butchers we pulled pins on Friday morning at 09.00.Passing the battle...
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