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The joy of boating is…….
…. That sudden surprise expenditure! When we took Caxton out at Christmas, we discovered that there was a fault with the Travelpower generator. The problem only caused us to have the minor...
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The Wireless
When I was a youngster and in the days before internet, email and social networking we got our entertainment from the television and the radio. Of course back then, radio was known as “The Wireless”, a...
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The Contortionist returns
On Friday morning I had a call from Cox Automotive at Atherstone to tell me that I could collect the Travelpower. In the afternoon I drove there, parted with a load of money and picked up the...
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Easter Jaunt – Maundy Thursday
With the Easter weekend finally upon us, we took up residence on Caxton on Wednesday evening in preparation for our weekend break. While I worked on Thursday, Sue worked her magic cleaning Caxton...
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Easter Jaunt – Good Friday
As expected, it was damp and drizzly when we awoke on the morning of Good Friday but we had no intention of hanging around for the day so we got up and were underway by nine o’clock. We passed a few...
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Easter Jaunt – Easter Saturday
It was cold and dull when we poked our heads out of Caxton on Easter Saturday. Across the way, the old dog that we had become acquainted with in the Greyhound the evening before had barked at every...
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Easter Sunday
Happy Easter everyone! We got up at half past seven, had some coffee, emptied a couple of cassettes, untied and left Coventry basin. Facing blue skies and moderate temperatures, we enjoyed some...
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Easter Jaunt – Bank Holiday Sunshine
It was misty and chilly when we set off from the Lime Kilns this morning. Visibility wasn’t great either as we navigated our way around the outskirts of Hinckley but as and when we met other boats, it...
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Off we jolly well go again!
After three days of travelling for work, I was glad when we moved back aboard Caxton yesterday evening. After a decent night’s sleep, something of a rarity for me lately, I got up and went to work in...
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Lazy Saturday
We had a lazy start today, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard so there seemed little point in getting up early. We switched the heating on and drank a couple of cups of coffee before we...
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Forgive me reader for I have sinned…
it has been three months since my last blog posting. It’s hard to believe that I haven’t written anything since early April but we’ve been busy with other matters. That’s not to say that we’ve done no...
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Busy,busy,busy.
We have not blogged much recently because we have been very busy changing several things on the home front. In less than two years George will be taking early retirement, which we are both looking...
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Once in a blue moon.
It’s the eve of our big holiday and Caxton is ready to go. We took some bits and pieces and stowed them on board today ready for tomorrow’s escape. At 23 days this will be our biggest trip ever and...
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Off to a flying start
It was a bright and chilly start to the day, at last we could begin our annual boating holiday. We had some last minutes things to attend to including me having to go to work for a few hours. It was...
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Greek Piggy Banks
We didn’t sleep well, bounded on three sides by the West Coast Main Line, the A5 and Holly lane which carries scores of trucks in and out of the ALDI distribution centre, our mooring provided us with...
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Sunny Summer Sunday
Another restless night for us for some reason but nevertheless we were up and moving by 8.15. It was already quite warm when we set off and we made reasonable progress in the morning sun. We saw that...
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Broken Windows!
We had a peaceful night on our mooring at Handsacre and woke up just after six o’clock. We decided to get up and go again after we had taken a look at the guide books and were on our way at 7.15,...
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Over the summit and on to new waters.
We had no real plan for today but our travel was shaped by others. We were woken at five thirty when the boat which had been tied in front of us set off in the direction of Great Haywood. We tried to...
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Into the Severn Valley
After yesterday’s marathon effort, we were in bed at 9.30 last night. Fully rested, we got on our way and left our mooring at Compton wharf at twenty to nine. It was still as windy as it had been the...
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Down to Kinver
So last night we were all set for some pub research but rain intervened and it just didn’t happen. Before then, we had dinner, slow cooked braised steak which was delicious. I had threatened to sample...
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