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Canal , History & canals , Ladybird books

Ladybird Love – ‘The Story of Our Canals’

by Kay April 4, 2018 6 Comments

Ladybird and Canals As many of my regular readers will know my only knowledge of canals, before buying my boat was my childhood copy of the 1975 Ladybird book ‘The Story of Our Canals’. This book formed part of my -my sister didn’t get a look in- Ladybird collection, apparently it was number 66. (In […]

Background to boat buying , Canal , Narrowboat

Moving the Boat – Days 2 & 3

by Kay February 20, 2018 7 Comments

Still moving! As Day 1 of moving ebbed away we both fell asleep quickly, despite the speeding trains passing close by on the West Coast Mainline. Although the trains did little to disturb me, I was woken in the night by Willy clambering around the boat. He was desperately removing hatches and doors, trying […]