Author: fivebeansoup
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Setting off on the South Oxford Canal
Had our boat blacked at Braunston over the weekend and collected her back up to set off on our summer adventure to Devizes. This has so far meant traveling to Braunston on the Grand Union Canal and now we will be turning off onto the South Oxford. In about a weeks time we will arrive…
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Long Sunny Day of Cruising
We set off from Nether Heyford going north on the Grand Union Canal on a Sunday. There was only one day this weekend for moving the boat because our Saturday was filled up with visiting Swindon for my 100th Parkrun and a friend’s birthday party. Our goal was to get past the Leicester arm of…
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Blisworth Tunnel
I will admit now that I didn’t take many pictures. The day was grey and rainy….and of course cold! You didn’t think we could have two gloriously bright and sunny days in a row did you? Sunday was exactly the opposite of Saturday both in weather and excitement. We left off early so as to…
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Parallel Parking and Stag Nights
We are now 100% living on the narrowboat. Really we already were fully living on it but now we don’t have a flat to go back to as our daughter is moved in with her grandparents and the flat is sold. This means we don’t have a back up shower or laundry facility for saving…
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Milton Keynes by Narrowboat
I last left you at Fenny Stratford which is the beginnings of the greater Milton Keynes area. We only had one day to move due to other commitments so we stopped off for water and headed north. There is one lock with a swing bridge at Fenny which is the last lock before you leave…
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Cruising to Fenny Stratford
We only had one day to move the boat as I had to go to London and collect Joey on his way home from university. This meant we couldn’t really go that far which was fine as we needed to stay in the area a bit longer. We started out from Stoke Hammond early on…
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Pitstone to Stoke Hammond
After spending two weeks in Pitstone it was time to move. Unless otherwise stated most moorings are allowable up to two weeks. So on the Saturday we set out with only one small obstacle….we needed to collect our daughter from work at 2:30 pm. So our cruising time was limited. We also needed to get…
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Water on a Narrowboat
In a typical home you have water fed in through pipes to supply you with running water. On a boat we don’t have that option. Even boats in a marina do not have a constant supply of water. So what exactly do we do? On a narrowboat there is a water tank. Different boats have…
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Grand Union Canal to Ivinghoe Beacon
The sun has been shining and the birds singing…spring is in the air! We are moored up for the week so I decided this week would be for exploring the local area. This isn’t actually far from where we lived previously but I had never walked around here. I did a bit of a walk…
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First cruise of 2022
We woke up on the Thursday morning and decided to go. We had another two weeks of mooring paid for but knew we just didn’t want to be there anymore. So we disposed of our rubbish and other necessary preparations and set out. Backing out of our slip was a challenge that require hand signals…
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