Cruising For A Blacking
Travelling to Springwood Haven to have the boat’s hull blacked with BSS signoff and Archie training on the way.
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Archie finds his feet in pubs and clubs, on boats and trains and prepares for life as a boat dog.
Continue readingThe Long Way Round
A new plan for the weeks ahead and a visit from an engineer but no resolutions.
Continue readingFarewell Northampton And The Nene
A final trip up The Nene, a week “off” and the return, via Northampton, to canal world.
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An explosive return, a Country Park oasis, a very long lunch, a road train and a tour of Oundle
Continue readingOne Week Through Whittlesey
A classic British Bank Holiday weekend, meeting up in Ely, messing up the Denver crossing and escaping the Middle Levels.
Continue readingCruising The Cam
Aldreth alpacas, topless tanning at Pope’s Corner, into the hands of the Conservators and cows on tour in Cambridge
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Disappointed in Bedford we start back. A trip down Godmanchester’s memory lane and no room at The Ferry Boat Inn
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Up the Old West, a trip down memory river and a sense of disappointed anti-climax at journey’s end.
Continue readingDenver . . . But Not As We Know It
Flood management, the final Fens, rioting in the streets and the Island Of Ely
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