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Month: January 2020

Les attitudes et les behaviours Anglaise #narrowboat #boating #England

Nantwich. The name ends in “wich” so you know that it’s one of the Cheshire salt mine towns. Famous – … More

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Heavy Fog in the English Channel – Europe cut off #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

Well, it were a bit misty t’other day. Lumpy though; thicker patches did keep drifting past as though some unseen … More

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Mud, mud, Gloria’s mud, there’s nothing quite like it for chewing the cud #narrowboat #boating #England

Soggy is a word wholly inadequate for describing the towpaths hereabouts at present. Mud-wallows is a phrase more fitted to … More

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Requiescat in pace… Are “burials in t’canal” becoming popular? #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

‘In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, oy vey, Toothpick-Charlie, you squealed once too often and da boss can’t … More

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There were summat on t’roof last night – summat wi’claws #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

There’s a row of buttons beside my bed. The sort of buttons that you can’t press accidentally; you have to … More

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Sometimes tis best to look up at the sky rather than at where we’re headed… #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

I am a simple little squit of a hominid. Small things catch my attention and amuse me. Squirrels, badgers, sunrises, … More

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The House-Keeping Slattern and the Gyroscopic Dare-Devil Arachnid #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

From November to March my stove-top fan whirrs away almost constantly at about eleventy-twelve revolutions a minute, the only exceptions … More

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To wit to woo two oh two oh uh-oh oh no na na na na hey hey hey #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

It’s the oneth of the oneth – time for my shower, and a change of underwear. Then I’ll don my … More

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