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Narrowboat Caxton

Monday, 30 March 2009

What's That?

It's a Wabbit!!!!

Posted by Lesley Nb Caxton

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Nb Caxton: Lesley and Joe. We are yet another pair of early retirees that are busy dodging our coffins. We have had built our very own narrowboat, Caxton, and are now starting out on our new life of exploring the ditches, dykes and rivers of this beautiful country along with shipmates, Fletcher and Floyd.

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Shipmate Fletcher

Fletcher, also known as Mr.Big and WooWoo boy

Shipmate Floyd

Floyd also known as Charlie Chugs, Chuggie and Little Man

William Caxton 1421-1492. The first English printer and the first english printer. It does make sense, really...

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My Blog List

Harnser's Travels

Snarestone to Hinckley - Fri 7 Nov The meal in the Globe last night was fine and the portion size generous, both main course and sweet. A very useful place to stop. We set off a...
1 hour ago
Epiphany

Busy with boats - *On The Staffs and Worcs Canal * In the Coven/Gailey area it is really busy - for November. At lunch time today 8 boats passed us, going in both directio...
2 hours ago
NB Piston Broke

My chairs done! - Couldn't relax this morning as Paul was raring to get my chair sorted. Webbing on mine had moved as well so now with the new foam inserted I am another 6 i...
6 hours ago
Gypsy Rover

What a beauty. - *0 Locks, 2.09 Miles. Now moored at Hartshill.* Well the weather guru’s did say that the forthcoming week’s weather would be unpredictable and how right ...
8 hours ago
Halfie

Timelapse: Wrenbury to Bettisfield - Day two of the cruise is here in its entirety. One snapshot every twenty seconds, that is. So there are some bits missed out, but you get the idea. There...
9 hours ago
Granny Buttons

Oxon Boat Painting Co flatters me by making GB the RSS feed of Oxon Boat Painting Co flatters me by making GB the ... - I guess I should give them a mention anyway. I'm in a quandary about the Oxon Boat Painting Company, based at Stretton-under-Fosse. My list of other websit...
9 hours ago
Herbie

The BW questionnaire - I've just completed the survey questionnaire which BW sent me. GRRRR! Questionnaires are always so frustrating because they don't ask the right questions o...
10 hours ago
Marmaduke

Bugger All To Do With Boating, BUT..... - Whilst driving over to Warwickshire today, I was warned by an oncoming lorry driver that a Police ‘Speed Trap’ van was lurking ahead of me. The road is a m...
23 hours ago
Seyella's Journey

Crossing the Line - We had a grandstand view of bonfire parties over Runcorn way last night. There were some pretty impressive display, pretty expensive too! They were lucky in...
1 day ago
No Problem

Grubb Street Cutting memories as we cruise to Knighton - *Norbury Junction to Knighton, Shropshire Union Canal, 4 miles 0 locks* Animal (AKA Dyson) did a magnificent job this morning. I took the opportunity to...
1 day ago
Bobcat

She's in, she's wet, I'm bushed ... - So poor old Bobcat got spun at the yard to get her facing the right way on the lorry. And then again at Forest Locks to get her facing the right way on t...
1 day ago
Derwent6

Is that running water, we can hear - We were woken up at 2.00am this morning by the sound of running water in the stern of Derwent6, and after jumping out of bed armed with a torch, with nothi...
1 day ago
Nb. Starcross

Leaf Soup and People Movers - Slowly to Stourport Part VII Readers will have noticed that this blog is not written in "real time" and so won't be surprised when I say that we sacrificed ...
2 days ago
Indigo Dream

Boat Blog: A quick shuffle… - Thursday 5th November Little Venice to Perivale I’ve had a nice solo cruise today, enjoying a dry November day. It cheered me up considerably – I’m can’t a...
2 days ago
NB WINDSONG

Alrewas…. - We stayed at Alrewas on Tuesday, and spent the time doing a few jobs, and going for a walk. It’s a pretty village, and we found a bungalow that we’d lik...
2 days ago
Debdale

The Bratch - The Bratch was the place I really wanted to have a look at on this trip. Again, we'd come through ten years ago, but all I could remember was that there wa...
4 days ago
Matilda Rose

The White Lion - Disley - Jill on her wanderings with the dogs has found what has to be the most dog friendly pub in the country. The White Lion at Disley on the Peak Forest Canal h...
4 days ago
NB Bendigedig

Walking The Dog Around Llangollen - Eric has gone to Newport to visit family and do the doctor and dentist checkups leaving Ben and I on the boat. So we've had plenty of time to go for some l...
4 days ago
Balmaha

Narrowboat Balmaha – Raynsway to Wistow - *Tuesday 27th October to Sunday 1st November 2009 * Last week we called in at Raynsway Marina and left our floating home in safe hands while we motored d...
6 days ago
Khayamanzi

Railway videos - More for my own interest I have uploaded a few videos of Little Foxwood with three trains running. I spent much of the day in the village today as the wi...
6 days ago
VALERIE

THOUGHTS of FREEDOM - Been moored here at Marsworth for 25 days and as my back is much much better the urge to once again be free to cruise is getting stronger. Although the moo...
6 days ago
nb Kestrel

Blogged down - Hello again, this is the first post for a couple of months but everything is going well aboard Kestrel. Keeping a blog going obviously requires posting reg...
1 week ago
Waterlily

Marina's - I thought it might be a nice option to look at the various layouts of marina's on the system. As my boat is moored on the Trent & Mersey I started there. H...
1 week ago
4Evermoore

Alive & Kicking! - Wednesday 28th October This is a short post with no photos,but just to let you all know we are still alive!! We came to the marina on Sunday 25th as Kev ...
1 week ago
PETROC

End of the season for us - *Tuesday 13th October* So endeth another season on Petroc. We are both agreed that we have had a good time this year, despite the weather earlier on. Petr...
3 weeks ago
Daniel Oakley

A new venture - As I have a new dog – Charlie, who keeps me out of doors most of the time, I thought I had better look at how I can earn some money. Gem suggested I look a...
4 weeks ago
Dogsontour

Smothered in fish sauce - I haven’t died…but I have been suffering from Nam Pla asphyxia, which has curbed my enthusiasm for blogging. Yes, I know, how can you be suffocated by a co...
5 months ago