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Narrowboat Kantara: August 2015

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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Friday, August 28, 2015. Android apps for canal users - Part 3. In part 1, I told you about the Canal Boat magazine app, which I don't use. But I have just installed another app by the same publisher. Canal Boat Cruise Guide. Obviously, there are more detailed and comprehensive sources of this information, but I've found it gives enough for me to get a good idea of what a route, and the places en route, are like. Useful, I think. Links to this post. Until yest...

Narrowboat Kantara: Trent trip - final day

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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Friday, July 31, 2015. Trent trip - final day. Wednesday morning, and, after long farewells with Dave and Sandy, we left Smeeton and moved on. San Fairy Ann led the way, past Debdale Wharf and on to Foxton, where they turned left and went up the Market Harborough Arm, and we moored up at the foot of the locks, to wait to go up. Grace and I had a long haul back to Yelvertoft, slowed at times by others - difficult meetings at bridges and bends, and having to fol...

Narrowboat Kantara: On into Leicester. Remember Leicester?

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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Monday, July 27, 2015. On into Leicester. Remember Leicester? It was a short trip from Zouch to Loughborough Wharf, a small, neat basin surrounded by colourful buildings, with space for six to eight boats. There was already a widebeam and three narrowboats there, so we were lucky to get in. We moored at the foot of a tall, colourful TraveLodge, with Fairy next to us. On through Mountsorrel Lock (look out for the dayboats Fumble, Rumble and Tumble! There's what...

Narrowboat Kantara: Heaven

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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Friday, July 31, 2015. I see a turning wheel. On a dusty track,. Caught in the void and empty space. In between there and back,. And the paradise of going somewhere. That's still so far away. Boy you bet I am,. Holding on to this smile for just as long as I can. It's all bright in front. And it's all dark behind,. Livin' for the now that's in between the bridges and the signs,. And getting there is still a long long way to go. While the others dream and wish.

Narrowboat Kantara: November 2014

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Living a dream on the UK's inland waterways. Saturday, November 29, 2014. Well, it's Saturday morning, and we're still here. We spent a very enjoyable Thursday evening with Sarah and Trevor on NB AtLast, but were still playing cards at 2:00 in the morning, and had had quite a lot to drink over the past eight hours. Consequently, we woke late on Friday, and I wasn't happy that my blood alcohol level was OK for driving. Links to this post. Thursday, November 27, 2014. It being our last week this year in th...