With the Crick Boat Show just weeks away and so much to do before our new narrowboat is ready… Will she be finished on time? Plus it’s time to fit our canopy covers, our windows and see...
Tag - Narrowboat Life
On the Leeds & Liverpool Canal we move our Narrowboat home and head West to what we think is our home mooring. Little do we know what lies ahead. Dexter meets his brother after 13 years apart and...
Why operating automated locks is so addictive. Living on a Narrowboat brings something new and challenging nearly every day. Tackling rivers, signs, and some of he largest locks we have ever seen in...
So glad we didn’t listen to the naysayers who warned us not to travel on this notorious Canal. But will we make to through the lock that had us stuck for two days? It’s been fun but...
This week we leave Wool Road Car Park at Mossley as we have to get to Diggle and our passage through the Standedge Tunnel. Will the horrific Weather hold off long enough for us to make it on time...
Huddersfield Canal
71. Proof That THUNDER, RAIN AND COSY FIRES ON A NARROWBOAT Is Exactly What You Are Looking For.
We explore the area around Uppermill and it becomes a favourite mooring of our journey so far. Anthony falls in the canal and bruises his ribs, I have an accident that I wasn’t going to tell...
Huddersfield Canal
70. Find out how we manage the locks as Narrowboat Beginners unscathed on the Huddersfield Narrow.
‘We discover the beautiful quiet Huddersfield canal and wend our way through seven locks from Mossley at the foothills of the Pennines on our way to Uppermill, once famous for its wool and cotton...
Huddersfield Canal
69. New Narrowboaters Learn How to SURVIVE SUMMER HEAT LIVING on an English Narrowboat.
We try our best to Survive the heat of Summer in England on a Narrowboat. Things are heating up and as we hit our first heatwave living on a Narrowboat can we cope with the heat? How do we keep...
Huddersfield Canal
68. Beginner Narrowboat Adventure Continues on the English Canal! Why This Canal is Amazing!
Moored at Millbrook Services in Greater Manchester, it opens the heavens but does the rain get us down? Drunken youths untie our boat in the middle of the night and we leave to get away and head to...