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Boaty Book Review: The Art of Racing in The Rain
What’s he thinking? A friend and fellow boater, Amanda, runs a book club on the first Wednesday of every month. This week’s book choice was ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’ by Garth Stein It was one of...
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Permission Granted for Judicial Review of CRT’s Continuous Cruising Guidance
Ironic slogan, under the circumstances According to a press release issued by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA), a volunteer organisation that campaigns and provides advice for constant...
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A really bad day…
Today has been the worst day ever. We had to let Bingo – our dog – go.Filed under: Dramas
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Dear Bingo
Dear Bingo I wish I had given you just an extra day here with us. A day to go and roll in fox poo and dead fish, the way you loved to do. A day to go get soggy in the lake, even though it meant...
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Selling the boat
Our lives, it seems, are in a permanent state of upheaval. I came to the conclusion that I really don’t have time to market the boat myself, and am unlikely to persuade Owen to get us back out on the...
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On campaigns, Caversham and Clandestine Cake Clubs!
Click to view slideshow. So last month I spent a lot of time ‘banjaxed’. Firstly losing Bingo absolutely crushed me. Then I had some kind of norovirus type infection that laid me low for a good week,...
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Battening down the hatches
Ah me. After a halcyon summer which we felt would go on forever, the days have started to get shorter, and the rain has reappeared. Many of the geese and small birds from the hedgerows have flown, and...
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Moving on
We are about to move off the boat and leave her in the hands of the Thames and Kennet marina to find her new owner, although the thought of her being empty seems all wrong. When we moved aboard Eva...
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Waiting for her new owners
It’s nearly 2014, and time for an update on the boat. We’ve been visiting Eva Luna each week to run her engine and keep her clean and tidy. The marina don’t really do much to look after the boats, so...
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Sailing off into the sunset
I should have written this a long time ago, and perhaps it’s just a reticence on my part, but Eva Luna found her new owners in the summer of this year. They are a lovely, lovely couple and I think...
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