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Coal sorted
With Gary on his coal boat Ascot moored behind us we decided to get some coal from him as we were running low him. You may remember that they have now stopped producing Pureheat which was the coal we...
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Startops
We pulled pins at 09.45 to make our way up to Marsworth to pick up number one Granddaughter who is up for the half term break from Devon. On the second lock up the gate is covered in plants and is...
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Asset stripping
With Curly (number one Granddaughter) arriving from Devon for the half term break we are soon on the move again and make our way towards Cowroast. Although its only a couple of Months since I have...
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Not the way to moor
The canal and river trust state on their website that….. If there aren’t any bollards or rings, use your mooring stakes if the ground is suitable. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO HAMMER INTO CONCRETE OR OTHER HARD...
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Lucky Dog
We had been told that Berkhamsted was very busy and there was a shortage of moorings ,so we decided to have an early start from Cowroast and pulled pins at 08.15 which was a bit too early for Curly as...
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On top of Carolyn
I was woken up by Carolyn groaning at 03.45 with me on top of her in bed…No unfortunately its not what you think . Inca was in fact hard aground and tilting over at a bit of an angle and in my sleep I...
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OOPS !
While adjusting and hammering our mooring pins in this morning the metal loop just dropped off on this one. Beware and never have your mooring rope through the loop taking the strain of the boat as we...
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Under attack
We are still in Berkhamsted which is known locally as Berko. It looks a peaceful setting ,but at the weekends it certainly gets busy with foot traffic on this stretch of towpath. Saturday night being...
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Thanks a lot mate !
With Curly now back in Devon we pulled pins from Berkhamsted at 10.30 after doing a shop in Waitrose.Situated next to the canal as we leave Berko is a genuine Canadian totem pole. It was given as a...
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Noisy neighbours
At 08.40 and after a very noisy night next to the railway line we head off down through Fishery lock and towards Hemel Hempstead. Yet again as we head downhill towards London every lock is against us...
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Pawls
We are starting to see a lot of these pawl stops being fitted on locks. It stops the pawl from being allowed to fall backwards and means that when closing the paddle you have to stand and hold it as...
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Different boats
We pulled pins from Cassiobury park at 09.10 and as we head towards London we start to see many different types of boats. I would love to know what the back of this one is about ?Carolyn thought this...
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Hanging around
After a wet night at Rickmansworth we pulled pins and headed down stockers lock and passed the farm which was the location for the TV series Black Beauty back in the 70s.You cant pass this chap...
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London Bound
A few weeks ago I contacted the company that was dealing with the reservations for the Rembrandt Gardens moorings in Little Venice ,London. There are 2 moorings on the end of the gardens so if you are...
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Settling in
We have now had a couple of days in London and surprise surprise I haven't seen a lot of Carolyn . Still its given me a bit of time to catch up with a few little jobs on Inca. Shopping just isn't one...
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City clean up
How about this for a good bit of kit. Its just like a road sweeper but it picks up all the rubbish from the canal. The conveyor on the front of this boat picks up all of the flotsam and jetsam (...
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Longer in London
After nearly a week in London we are certainly enjoying our time here at Rembrandt gardens in little Venice.The gardens where we are moored aren't that big but big enough for Hamish to have a good...
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Out and about
Our mooring in Paddington Basin, London is FREE . My favourite word , But if you look at the buildings in front of our moorings there is currently one of the flats up for sale at £5.5 million ,We need...
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Fame at last (maybe)
This looks interesting . Filming in and around Paddington basinAfter seeing a few more of those signs about we came across this lot in Praed street. I soon got my camera out and started taking...
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Pop up Loo
For some bizarre reason I have always wanted to visit a certain studio in London. From the Beatles to Beyoncé, Led Zeppelin to David Bowie, from the Undertones to the late Bing Crosby: over the last...
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