Mild winter The first part of winter 2018-2019 has been unseasonably mild in Northamptonshire. The canal and marina have hardly frozen, unlike the winter of 2017-18 when it was frozen hard early in December. I have been out both walking and on Pea Green. Monte the Cat and I headed out of the marina on […]
Summer is over…. Apologies for the delay in sharing the final part of my summer adventure on Pea Green with Monte. A wonky depressed head has been a bit debilitating in recent weeks. ‘Normal’ service – whatever that is – is gradually being restored. Leaving the Ashby Having waved goodbye to the Ashby canal Pea […]
Heading back By mid-August Pea Green was turned around, having reached the end of the Ashby, and bobbing back along the canal towards Sutton Wharf and the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre. First stop on my return journey was Shackerstone. There, I moored up for the night opposite a marvellous tree-topped motte. Instead of inspecting the […]
The mythical Ashby It seems that Autumn has arrived in the last few days. There is still a bit of summer to come as I share the rest of Pea Green’s adventures. My plan to head up the Ashby Canal looked in jeopardy after Monte’s swim and a weekend of trading. I decided to check […]
Bus challenge looming From Braunston Pea Green’s summer narrowboat journey continued to Rugby. All new territory for me, though I am sure Pea Green has been to these spots before. Little did I realise that the challenge ahead was more to do with buses than boats. Leaving Braunston On yet another hot and sunny morning, […]
Leaving Welford After a week on the boat at Welford, Monte the Cat and I set out on our summer expedition. My plan was to make for the Ashby Canal as friends have told me it is quite lovely. Plus it isn’t that far (in narrowboat terms) from Welford. So, come Sunday evening after hanging […]
Cat, gin and falling in The past couple of weeks have been busy preparing for trading from Pea Green. Though with my sloe gin ending up at the bottom of the marina and the cat making a run for it, life at Pea Green hasn’t been without mishap! Trading licence is here A few weeks […]