Time to grab the bull by the horns and lose my BOATERS BELLY!
One of the side effects of living aboard these last two years I have certainly let things go in regards to my weight and I am now carrying way more timber around the waist...
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The 4 REASONS to NEVER live on a narrowboat!
Its coming up to our two year anniversary living on Bluebell. Thinking back it seems like much longer, except for the times when I need to visit Witney (where we used to live in...
Four MORE reasons NEVER to live on a narrowboat!
Please SHARE this post far and wide! What the boat builders, profiting from misery, DON’t want you to KNOW! After my last post on this subject, I am surprised to see so many new...
What makes a Boater a Boater?
I could have a field day playing to all the stereotypes of well-lubricated boater folk drinking from tankards as they sit in-front if the stove of an evening planning for canal adventures ahead. But...
Alternative Lifestyles such as BOAT LIVING could be good for your mental health!
It was a Thursday evening last week and a few of us were sitting around the fire pit, next to the boat, toasting bread when the discussion took a turn towards mental health. Read:...
Ban the use of dangerous Dihydrogen Oxide in our waterways!
Since the dawn of the canal age, authorities in the UK have been pumping the chemical Dihydrogen Oxide into our waterways – both canals and rivers! Dihydrogen Oxide is an almost colourless, tasteless, odourless...
A note to ‘stag-do’ ‘single-sex’ hire-boaters!
Dear enthusiastic, well-pickled stag-do hire-boater… I was clicking the publish button on my last post, when I was disturbed by much commotion coming from outside on the cut. The current wind-speeds out there at...
Family Life on a Narrowboat: Home Education
We’ve taken the plunge and become a Home Ed family… In fact, this life afloat is leading to much plunge taking and new learnings – some of which can be nerve-wracking! To cut a...
Will demand for CANAL LIVING continue as house prices soar?
Well, this is a bit of a dangerous topic. It’s not like me to ask difficult questions, only to stand back and watch how things develop huh? Talk about lighting the blue touch paper...
The 2 main REASONS, NOT to homeschool your child #Dispatches #SkippingSchool
We don’t homeschool our children, or at least we don’t homeschool or children – yet! We don’t do telly, but I see from my social media that there has been a big whoa recently...
Warning: Bridge 244 on the Oxford Canal CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
There we were this weekend, cruising along the Oxford Canal when we came to Bridge 244 and could not go any further – how annoying! This bridge will now be CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE....
Building a Nomadic Income Which Allows us to Travel
You should have seen me coming back from our Christmas cruise this winter – from the outside I looked like a pathetic recently dumped teenager after losing his first love. I was in a...
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