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Tag: winter

Signs Of Winter

Hurleston, where the rocket science of an existing septic tank that needs replacing with a new plastic one has “defeated” … More

boating, C&RT, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Wild Cruises & Dismal Weather

The lead phomatograph is the view down from the top of the forty locks of ancient Hurleston; my gratibodes to … More

boating, boatsthattweet, C&RT, canal, england, llangollen, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

An Overnight Crash of Erg-Onomics & The New Pensions Double-Lock

The [Greek and Roman] gods alone know what this is in the hedgerow opposite the marina. A doll’s head on … More

boating, boatsthattweet, C&RT, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

The Things You See Sometimes On T’Canals

I’ve seen some horrors, but generally it’s great. You get to see Ingerlund’s rump end, the “back garden” view. It … More

boating, C&RT, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Sticking Plaster Nation

There’s a game we play on England’s canal system, and it involves cruising everything that you own under bridge after … More

boating, boatsthattweet, bridge, C&RT, canal, dangerous, england, fails, failure, infrastructure, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

There’s a Distinct Dearth of Wildlife on These Moorings. Also Those Moorings.

Here are a couple of Dearth-Ducks. We’ve had a solitary swan, a brief moorhen, two boring ducks and that’s your … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Goodbye Microsoft Windows – Hello Linux Mint

Bilious Gates and a large number of his minions are dead (to me). Fed up to my brass nipples with … More

boating, boatsthattweet, C&RT, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Chased up the Shroppie by a Purple Lunatic

The luna… erm, nb Snowgoose… was at anchor on the Venetian Hire Boats & Chandlery services when the Cardinal and … More

boating, C&RT, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Full Suez x2 and five miles to nowhere

No wind to speak of no wind to speak of no wind to speak of Hutson looses his ropes kindly … More

boating, C&RT, countryside, england, english, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

Fond Not Am I Of Wind

Dudley came and went, Eunice may or may not still be around – Her Maj’s Met Orifice, like all of … More

boating, C&RT, england, narrowboat, river, trust, wind, winter

Dudley is here, Eunice is on the way, Franklin is Next … awaiting only Gladys & Herman

We scarpered, the Cardinal and I, this past Monday. Our rozzer-free time in “the neighbourhood” was up and the Met … More

boating, C&RT, canal, england, narrowboat, river, trust, winter

The Day The Internet Damned-Near Caught Fire

That battery is from my MiFi unit and being originally slim and of uniform shape it ought to be laying … More

battery, C&RT, canal, england, lithium, narrowboat, netgear, river, trust, winter

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