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Month: July 2019

The Rain-Dance Kid #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

Surrounded by Hoorays again. Got a minor giggle yestereve. My bed-time is not the bed-time of Hooray-World, but then their Rise-&-Shine … More

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Listening to a billion raindrops hitting a billion leaves, while under-the-weather butterflies sniff and sneeze #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

I’ve had a swimming pool installed on the Cardinal. Usually the rear tonneau cover copes splendidly, but the rain of … More

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Moored between “Hells Kitchen Bridge” and “Murder Bridge”. Am I insane? #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

I tried again this morning (to move) – and succeeded. Set off at oh-six of the day and for the … More

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Going nowhere and going even there slowly (tried to cruise early and failed, in a puddle of perspiration) #narrowboat #boating

Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Or whether the weather … More

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Didn’t like the River Weaver #narrowboat #boating

I know, I know… the River Weaver is a wonderful, picturesque river, slow, wide, banked by trees and with all … More

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Loved the Anderton Boat Lift #narrowboat #boating

The Anderton Boat Lift raises and lowers boats some 50′ between the Trent & Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. … More

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Two new and reciprocal collective nouns – a bow-thruster of hoorays and a hooray of bow-thrusters #narrowboat #boating

We scooted along, yesterday, at Sparrowfart O’Clock, services for the visiting of – while also endeavouring to sneak up on … More

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Six miles from Bramble Cuttings to the Lion Salt Works Museum through a TATA chemical factory #narrowboat #boating

…and I do mean through the factory. As the centurion who turned the lights out on the Roman Empire said ‘All goodus … More

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Phew! #narrowboat #boating #dogs

I am very pleased to be able to report that yesterday not one, but two dogs made my acquaintance, were happy to have … More

Bramble Cuttings – terra incognita (as much as a canal can be “terra”, anyway) #narrowboat #boating #dogs

Two, almost three hours of bliss! Then people arrived. We moved ourselves this morning, the Cardinal and I. Just two and … More

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Sunday, bloody Sunday #narrowboat #boating #swansareevil

The local swans have taken to waiting for me en mob whenever I leave the boat. We posture at one another … More

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A ghost, a drunk, and a bridge too far – a walk through Middlewich #narrowboat #boating

We’ve got neighbours at the moment, the Cardinal and I – and, for once in my moanfest, I’m happy with … More

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