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The Stupendous Standedge Tunnel – better late than never
I know, it’s quite ridiculous isn’t it, this post is from our time at the end of July in Marsden and the Standedge Tunnel, almost six weeks ago. Oh my, how time flies. Our trading hasn’t been as...
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Through Barry’s extraordinary eyes – from Stone to Birmingham
These photos are way overdue to be published! Barry’s been so caught up with The Home Brew Boat that I have to keep nagging (me, nag?!) him to give me some of his fabulous photos! It’s always...
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Birmingham through Barry’s lens – having a walkabout
Here’s the second part of Barry’s Birmingham images from a few weeks ago, while I was away at my parents, including some spectacular shots – not least of which are of my lovely friend Alison and her...
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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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On the move again – and planning Barry’s next UK visa application …
It feels fabulous to be on the move again after sitting still in Worcester Marina since 1st December. Barry, as you can imagine, is in his element. And I’m getting used to not having the electric hook...
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A few photos from the supermoon eclipse of the equinox sun!
That’s a bit of a mouthful isn’t it? I’m in awe of nature and the natural world most days, even more so on days like today. It’s the Spring equinox here in the northern hemisphere, and we experienced...
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Kinver Rock Houses – seeing inside at last!
We had a wonderful weekend at Calf Heath, socialising with Helen and Andy, going to the Historic Narrowboat Club‘s auction of memorabilia and assorted items (Andy was very happy to come away with the...
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A stroll around Etruria, and a weekend trading at Westport Lake
Barry did a stalwart job of moving Areandare back up the 35 (or is it 36?) locks of Heartbreak Hill from Middlewich by Sunday, so he could meet me at the railway station at Kidsgrove on Monday. I had a...
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Being human on the waterways
It’s an infinitely fascinating life living on a narrowboat, cruising and trading on the canals as we do. Unfortunately the weather’s been attempting to drown us with squally showers and intermittent...
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Appearing on the cover of Waterways World …
Many readers will be aware before Barry was a master home brewer, he’d been a professional photographer. In fact 35 years of his working life was spent photographing weddings, family portraits, the...
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Fabulous Final Floating Market in Birmingham
We’ve heard a few people denigrate Birmingham over the years. Then there was the ridiculous person in USA who stated that there was no point visiting the city as no-one spoke English (boy did he have...
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Bentley Bridge, London and back to Birmingham
That journey would be a huge one on a narrowboat – understandably an impossible one in just over a week! Barry spent last weekend trading with five other narrowboats – Sandra Willis on Golden Boyz...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 1
It’s been a very long time since I’ve written and posted on this blog, generally I leave it in Sandra’s capable hands … However I wanted to select and post some images I took during our 2015 cruising...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 2
The next stage of our trip took us from the Alvechurch Festival through to Crick, back up to Middlewich for the Folk and Boat Festival, then up the Shropshire Union Canal. Once we’d passed through the...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 3
From the Shroppie we headed into Birmingham, then Kings Norton for another Worcester, Birmingham and Droitwich Canals Society Festival as part of their bi-centenery. There’s some classic shots in this...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 4
We had a little time to kill before needing to be on the River Nene, so after Blisworth we took the boat down to Milton Keynes and back, picking up Josh from NZ while we were there. A few days later it...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 5
Continuing back up the River Nene, we had a chance to stop at some of the places we’d missed on the way down. A note from Sandra For those who’ve been following recently, this post marks the end of...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 Images from 2015 – Part 6
I’m Sorry! Just couldn’t keep it down to 50 images so you have to put up with a few more … After the Northampton festival we headed back towards the Birmingham area, which involved festivals at...
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Barry’s Favourite 50 (which turned into 70!) Images from 2015 – Part 7
Sadly our year’s cruising was coming to an end even sooner than we’d planned, as due to a couple of lock and bridge closures we needed to be at Mercia Marina by early November, a month earlier than...
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Haere Ra Areandare for 5 weeks …
In twelve hours time I’ll be sitting on a rather large plane with mum, soaring high above England as we commence our New Zealand adventure together. Checking in on-line last night I discovered we’d...
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