Re-visiting the Anderton Boat Lift – and venturing into new territory
There's reportedly seven wonders of the Inland Waterways in Britain. To date, we've been fortunate enough to experience six of them - and we're planning on completing the seventh next month. The...
View ArticleA photographers canal-related perspective of (mainly) Manchester
This is unashamedly a purely pictorial post, of Barry's 2014 Manchester experience ... Castlefield Basin and Beetham Tower We like Manchester - can you tell? The post A photographers canal-related...
View ArticleThe Rochdale Nine – a tiny taste of the trials and tribulations to come!
The last time we encountered these nine double locks taking boats north east out of Manchester, was in August 2009. Fortuitously we came upon another narrowboat to share them with then, which certainly...
View ArticleFamily on board from Winsford to Manchester
We easily survived the four long days of travelling at 3 mph last week, in anticipation of Barry's fabulous itinerary for my younger sister Viv and her husband Ray. It'd been almost three years since...
View ArticleA Succession of Summer Visitors Part 2
Our next round of planned kiwi guests arrived on Saturday 30th June for a three-night canal adventure. Deb and Graeme had spent the previous few weeks travelling around Europe, their main destination...
View ArticleWhat Is It Like Being Back On The Boat?
Having been back onboard our narrowboat now for almost two weeks, we're able to reflect on how it feels after a year living in New Zealand. The post What Is It Like Being Back On The Boat? appeared...
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