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Narrowboat Oakfield: October 2014
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We will be in this together. Friday, 24 October 2014. The ‘Gongooselers’ all lined up to watch us cruise past today! Further on we passed Narrowcraft Boatyard and either the end building has fallen down, or some renovations are underway at last. There are usually some old boats to see here, this time Northolt and Saturn were among them. Thursday, 23 October 2014. Wednesday, 22 October 2014. From T&M to Coventry Canal. Tuesday, 21 October 2014. Monday, 20 October 2014. Friday, 17 October 2014. After findi...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: August 2014
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We will be in this together. Sunday, 31 August 2014. In our spare time between seeing family and friends we have been strolling around the docks and the city. Workers were busy in Neilson’s dry dock caulking a wooden boat to make it watertight. We like this ornate old clock above the jewellers shop. Funny the more you wander around you see things you haven’t ever spotted before, like this carved stone head. Monday, 25 August 2014. We have many favourite mooring places, but I think anywhere between Foxton...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: May 2014
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We will be in this together. Friday, 30 May 2014. This was The Rose and Castle, then re-named The Millhouse Hotel and today we know it as The Boathouse. Thursday, 29 May 2014. Has he gone mad? Today I cleaned the outside of the boat and eliminated most of the green algae on the cratch cover using Fabsil. This involves quite a bit of scrubbing action. When I’s finished the Cabin Boy made coffee for us. Then to my amazement he said would I like to go out for lunch! Tatty bye all you blog-readers. President...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: Devizes 2.
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We will be in this together. Monday, 25 May 2015. Of course the town is best known for it’s brewery where they still use their heavy horses and dray to deliver the beer. There are many interesting old corners around the town too, if you take time seek them out. I visited the museum on the Kennet and Avon Canal Wharf and found a couple of interesting photos. One is a barge transporting a cargo of carboys filled with acid considered too dangerous to be taken by train! 25 May 2015 at 21:11. The day arrived ...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: Leaving Bradford on Avon.
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We will be in this together. Monday, 1 June 2015. Leaving Bradford on Avon. This is what I found when I zoomed in to the unusual abode high up on the hillside. Wouldn’t mind living there, lovely place isn’t it? Anyway, we made a couple of trips to the nearby Sainsbury's to stock up. Then, we left our mooring among all the newish houses lining the canal and set off down the lock. There were two friendly, helpful volunteer lock-keepers to see us safely down, hurrah! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Narrowboat Oakfield: November 2014
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We will be in this together. Friday, 28 November 2014. Seems that there are many more boats moored here now four abreast by the turning point and double breasted almost down to B66. Good job nothing was approaching when we squeezed through! Monday, 24 November 2014. Some idyllic scenes we found along the way. Wednesday, 19 November 2014. Thursday, 13 November 2014. Monday, 10 November 2014. Onto the Oxford Canal. Sunday, 9 November 2014. 8221;He was buried on the outskirts of Ypres overlooking the battle...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: Down Caen Hill.
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We will be in this together. Tuesday, 26 May 2015. Here we go, looks tranquil here as we leave the lock, doesn’t it? There were lock keepers on duty with life jackets and windlasses but not doing very much. However this one on the quad bike appeared to be sweeping bits of the towpath. Non of them spoke to us so we just carried on down by ourselves! At the bottom lock we met a wide beam hotel boat waiting to come up. Well not bad at all except for the knees being a bit creaky! Our e-mail address is. I did...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: June 2014
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We will be in this together. Wednesday, 18 June 2014. Lister with boating pal Scooby. We were so sorry to hear what had happened to Paddy and Ruth’s dog Lister, .nb. Tuesday, 17 June 2014. Happy un-Birthday to me! Well I treated us, well mainly me, to Gordon’s and a box of Black Magic chocolates. So in. Monday, 16 June 2014. We ascended the locks, but there was no-one to share with, nor were there any ‘helpers’! So we are now feeling tired. Sunday, 15 June 2014. Old and new friends. Saturday, 14 June 2014.
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Narrowboat Oakfield: April 2015
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We will be in this together. Thursday, 30 April 2015. Carolyn and I walked Hamish about a mile up the winding lane to see what the village had to offer. En-route we caught glimpses of Kirtlington Stone Quarry through the trees. There was a fabulous mix of large country houses, small quaint cottages, two pubs and a small PO Stores with a Cafe adjoining it. Most of the cottages were nicely interspersed around lovely grassy areas. We paused for water and to drop our rubbish off further on and could see that...
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Narrowboat Oakfield: September 2014
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We will be in this together. Monday, 29 September 2014. On leaving our mooring at Autherley we negotiated the narrows through ‘Pendeford Rockin’ easily with no oncoming boats. However we did encounter a big boat waiting for us to come through bridge 75, as we looked back he had difficulty getting through as it was a bit shallow. We went on to moor on the end of the row of boats at Gailey. Thursday, 25 September 2014. Wednesday, 24 September 2014. Under the bridge at the entrance to the bottom lock there ...