I’ve decided to add blog content to my morning read. That said, I am actively looking for RSS-compatible #blogs with content related to #boating, personal (not cruise ship) #cruising, and the #GreatLoop. I prefer reading about #powerboat and #narrowboat travels instead of sailing travels. (I am admittedly too lazy to sail.) If you blog about your travels on the water, send me a link to your blog.
After the rush to Liverland, two days ago, I saw I'd misread the calendar. So we had a day off, yesterday.😂
Today we descend the Stanley flight into the #Liverpool docks. These locks, pictured, are broad beam (wide), so we're awaiting a boat to join us, to conserve water and share the work.
The #CRT volunteers speak #Scouse, so lots of repetition with some of them, trying to understand even basic topics like the weather. 🌞
We've reached the Leeds & Liverpool Canal bridge that is biased against boats. Cars take priority during peak hours, and around here the afternoon peak starts at 2:00 pm!
At 6:00 pm we will resume boating until the wheels come off, hoping to reach Litherland before dark so we're set up to enter Liverpool with tomorrow's convoy.
A warm dry week has ended in chasing clouds and showers. It looks like a dampish Bank Holiday weekend here. Therefore it might be a good time to think about the special quality that rain has for touching us both physically and emotionally. Join me tonight as we listen to the wisdom of 2 very different writers on the language of rain: Thomas Merton & Tristan Gooley.
Episode: 'As long as the rain talks (I will listen)'
Does anyone have experience with Hyperoptic please? Looking at their 1gb fibre internet in the marina for the narrowboat, but their pre-sales 'support' is shockingly bad so far 🙄 #hyperoptic#broadband#internet#narrowboat
We decided to backtrack ½ km to the junction for the Rufford branch of Leeds & Liverpool canal, to head north for a bit. To do so, we first had to continue toward Liverpool for ¾ hr (2 swing bridges, 1 dredging crew) before we could turn the boat.
From the junction, we joined Ron and Catherine for the first four locks. Now our two boats are moored end to end, in time for dinner and the sunset.
Hello fellow #Vegans
An #introduction as I have just joined here (if you recognise my avatar, that's because I was previously on climatejustice.social)
I have been #vegan since #Veganuary 2019 and currently live aboard a #narrowboat touring England's canals. We are #carfree and mostly #offgrid. I love living out in #nature, foraging - especially for #tea leaves - and living a slow, as-calm-as-possible life.
My hobbies include #cooking and I share my #WFPB#VeganRecipe creations on my ko-fi page - the food is good, the photography not so great!
I am also a keen reader and post two vegan #BookReviews each week - one fiction and one nonfiction. (If you're a #VeganAuthor please feel welcome to tell me about your books.) You can see my most recently posted reviewed books in my header image.
Anyone know how to reliably measure the health of a pre-loved leisure battery bank please? I have a multimeter if that helps - pic is my bank of 2x115ah batteries #camperVan#narrowboat#electrics#12v
I’d like to put this out there to #narrowboat owners:
I’d love to swap a week or two cruising aboard your narrowboat for a week or two cruising aboard my Ranger Tug on the US #GreatLoop. I’ll be doing the historic #ErieCanal next summer and will be on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway #ICW from this October through next May. I don’t mind sleeping on a sofa if you don’t mind sleeping in a small lower private berth.
Let’s each get a taste of a different #boating experience!
So far in today's #narrowboat diary we have seen a weasel running along a ditch towards us and attempted to steer an escaped juvenile cow away from the canal.
We managed that twice but couldn't get it back into the field with his mates so have notified the farmer.
My herding dog was extremely put out having been left in the boat and not allowed to join in. 🤷♂️
Drive my potential new boat over to the survey location and had a better look at all her tech - could eat my dinner off that engine! #narrowboat#canalLife
We're having a remarkably sustained deluge of very heavy rain and I'm once again happy to be in my #narrowboat. It sounds awesome and the canal looks like it's boiling! 🌧️