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Overstaying in Stourport
We’ve enjoyed one of our longest moorings in Stourport for the past week – having been forced to overstay the ‘allowed’ time. I guess this is something that happens frequently during the autumn and...
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A Brighton birthday and a hospital visit
What a gorgeous place Brighton is. So vibrant and picturesque. Every time I visit my younger daughter, I understand more why she’s chosen to live there. Kim’s recently bought a flat in Hove so it was...
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A rather subdued Xmas
Thank you to everyone for their loving thoughts and wishes. Understandably blog writing hasn’t been on my agenda recently, but I wanted to update you all a little on progress (or lack of it!) … After...
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Unblocking the hospital bed at last
Finally four weeks after dad was admitted to hospital following a nasty fall at home, he’ll be moving from the hospital bed he hasn’t ‘needed’ for at least the past two weeks (he was actually...
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Latest update and a pictorial journey from Stourport to Worcester
Unbelievably we’re over half way through our three-month winter mooring here in Worcester. Where did the time go? Silly question really, it’s gone so swiftly while I’ve shared my time between being on...
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The long goodbye
The past six days have been some of the most poignant and purposeful of my life. As regular readers will be aware, since returning to England from New Zealand in March 2013, I’ve spent a lot of time...
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A Bath wedding
The last few weeks have been pretty full on supporting mum as she grieves for dad, and doing the bulk of the formalities necessary when a person dies – especially one who’s lived a long, full and happy...
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Late for his own funeral!
It’s a bit of joke amongst those who are notoriously poor timekeepers that they’d even be late for their own funeral. Dad was quite a stickler for punctuality, and I take after him. I’d rather be half...
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Taking a trip down memory lane – well memory lock really!
So far we’re on schedule to arrive at Crick by Friday. Yesterday was a nine-hour day. Not too bad. It was though, rather a wet one for poor Barry at the back of the boat! By the time we arrived at the...
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Barry and The Birmingham Beer Bash at The Bond
Barry felt very privileged and proud to have been invited to attend and trade at last weekend’s ‘Birmingham Beer Bash‘. This was the event’s third year in a row, welcoming 25% more people than in 2014,...
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What a difference a year makes – last day in New Zealand
I can’t begin to describe how grateful I am to have had this amazing opportunity to bring my mum back to New Zealand to remember dad on the anniversary of his death. They both came to visit me here in...
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Family on board from Winsford to Manchester
We easily survived the four long days of travelling at 3 mph last week, in anticipation of Barry’s fabulous itinerary for my younger sister Viv and her husband Ray. It’d been almost three years since...
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Grandchildren gorgeousness, festival fun, and meeting The Modern Maori...
Last Monday, 31st May, I abandoned Barry (again!) in Manchester to continue his solo journey up to Eldonian Village, a short distance from Liverpool. This may evoke in you a tinge of sympathy on his...
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Moving boats – and a return journey I never expected to make
It’s been another full, fun and fascinating week for Barry and I living our ‘life less ordinary’. You know the saying ‘… like ships that pass in the night“? Well that’s been us more so than our...
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Busyness on land and water – heading to Blisworth for the weekend
What a fun experience facepainting (mostly) adults at an evening wedding reception in Leamington Spa on 30th July. I’m so thankful I took the plunge to build ‘Funtastic Facepainting by Sandra‘, an...
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Reflecting on 2016’s highs and lows on and off NBAreandare
Is it just me, or is it normal to feel the older one gets, the faster time seems to fly? I suspect 2016 will be a year that goes down in history as one of immense and irreversible change, for a...
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Having a blogging break …
It won’t come as too much of a surprise to hear that blogging has taken a backwards step in our busy lives for the time being. We’re not boating until early April – instead we’re enjoying three months...
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A brief breathing space to blog again …
It’s been a crazy year so far. Travelling to Nigeria, Northmoor and New Zealand in the space of three months has been incredible. It does now mean we’re a quarter of the way through already – time...
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Sandwiched between mum, Fazeley and Minorca!
It’s been a hectic few weeks for me – nothing new there I hear you thinking! Maybe it’s recently felt even more so than normal, or the intensity’s increasing as it’s our busy trading season – and this...
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Huddlesford – for us a final 2017 gathering of registered traders
Last weekend was our second time trading at the Huddlesford Heritage Gathering as it’s a bi-annual event. I’ve even got a photo published on their 2017 write-up – a terrific tiger! It was a fortuitous...
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