Tag: boating

• Final Push

  

  Emily had gone home after a few days of birthday activities. Joey was on the boat to help me now until we reached Milton Keynes. Alan had to work so wasn’t with us for most of the end. We are at Cowroast and decending toward Milton Keynes. There are 24 locks and about 24 miles […]

  fivebeansoup

  19/09/2022

  Boat life, Uncategorized

  Boat life, boating, british countryside, canal, canalboat, cruising, grand union canal, narrowboat, nature

• Rickmansworth to Hemel Hempstead

  

  While Alan was working for a few days Emily joined me for cruising for two days before her birthday. Emily and I had a big day ahead of us and met both wonderful and grumpy people along the way. This was likely my most sociable day as we had people to share the locks all […]

  fivebeansoup

  12/09/2022

  Boat life, Uncategorized

  Boat life, boating, british countryside, canal, cruising, grand union canal, narrowboat, nature

• Cats Aboard

  

  One thing that I most often hear from people about narrowboats is the astonishment that cats live aboard boats. Many boaters have cats! We of course have the best cat in the world but he is by and far not the only cat living the boatlife. Don’t they run away? Most common question! No, if […]

  fivebeansoup

  29/08/2022

  Boat life, cats, Uncategorized

  Boat life, boating, british countryside, canal, canalboat, cat, cats, cats on boats, cruising, grand union canal, Milton Keynes, narrowboat, nature, pets, Running, Thames

• Heads, Wrists, and Roasting to Death

  

  I will not be getting into so much detail on the way home as it is almost all retracing our steps for a few weeks. It has been interesting and at times painful. Not a lot going to plan. We left Devizes on the 9th of July with an intention to be around Froxfield by […]

  fivebeansoup

  01/08/2022

  Boat life, Uncategorized

  boating, broken bones, canal, Canal and River Trust, canalboat, Crofton Pumping Station, cruising, England, Great Western Hospital, heatwave, Kennet and Avon canal, narrowboat, Wiltshire

• We Bought a Boat

  

  A narrowboat to be more exact. Her name is Adam’s Apple but we just call her Apple and will likely change her name soon. She is 65 ft long and we bought her at Braunston Marina. After months of waiting and surveys and repairs we were finally able to set off for Milton Keynes this […]

  fivebeansoup

  12/11/2021

  Boat life, Uncategorized

  boating, narrowboat, off grid