A short move, probably a half a mile or so down the canal from Dodford to Muscott.
Here’s a picture of what Muscott looks like.
Last month, I went to Crick Boat Show which is a big deal national boat show specifically for narrowboats.
There are so many things to do and spend money on at Crick.
Luckily, I don’t have any money, so I looked at things that specifically I needed.
Or thereabouts.
In the fields really.
Very nice and placid.
It’s nice being able to draw the curtains and not have gongoozlers look onto your boat all the while.
I have some nice orchids growing outside my window. It’s close enough the I can see the insects moving up and down the stems. Closer to nature, I guess they say!
Has been completed. Last November to be exact.
Flowers of conciliation are now growing across the earthworks.
It was definitely noisier last year when their were less plants to absorb the sound and vibrations.
Can hardly hear it now.
Moving up past the waterpoint and sewage farm.
More into the center of the village.
Since putting the solar panels and buying a new PWM controller for the portable panels, I’ve only been having to start the engine to move the boat.
What I used to have to do every morning for 2 hours. I now do only every other week for about 1 hour.
What’s left is free energy.
By 6pm at night, there is a lot more left, meaning I can watch TV and do those other things I want to.
By 9am the next morning, the batteries are full again.
Who can say this isn’t good value?
The government is trying to discourage people from using these by increasing the VAT on them to full rate, whilst a VAT reduction remains for other fossil fuels energy items such as gas, diesel and coal.
| Goods or services | VAT rate |
|---|---|
| Electricity for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity | 5% |
| Gas for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity | 5% |
| Heating oil for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity | 5% |
| Solar panels for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity | 20% |
Just shows how serious our government is about renewables and climate change.
Thankfully, I’ve got my panels now and I won’t be paying this charge.
The charge comes in in October, so it’s time to getting fitting your panels now.
https://www.michaeltyler.co.uk/fitting-solar-panels-narrowboat/
Or Stowehill, whichever way you want to see it.
Moved into the bad weather. Been buying logs and coal.
Mooring here is on pins, technically, but I managed to get chains behind the railings.
It’s opposite the campsite.
They don’t believe in the Lunar landings.
9/11 was an inside job.
The world is run by a elite cabal of bankers, industrialists and investors.
Most tellingly, Sandy Hook, (and any other shooting or atrocity), is an action by the state to control the people.
Chemtrails?
Weather weapons?
Islam, femenism, homosexuality?
They’re all out there, and they’re there as mechanisms for the state to control the people.
So say Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan, and Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer in varying degrees and with various different slants.
Now Facebook has deemed these people as ‘Dangerous’.
Technically, not in breach of Facebook’s TOS. …
Just moving the boat.
Last stop was Gayton, before I put it in the marina.
There’s one possible stop, near Anchor Farm, then straight through to Nether Heyford, because stopping at Bugbrooke isn’t an option.
It’s Easter Weekend, possibly the most busy time for hire boaters.
Began washing Bonnie yesterday – cleaning all the winter grime off with a scrubbing brush.
Took me 3 hours to do the roof.
Still got to do the cabin, gunwhales and decks.
The end of the Annapurna Circuit Trek, for me.
I didn’t want to walk back through Gorepani (Poon Hill), and Ullari. All stuff I’ve done before.
I cut my loses and took the bus back to Pokhara.
I’ve been around South America, europe and Asia on buses. Bumpy bus rides along precarious roads are nothing new to me, but this bus trip from Tadopani to Pokhara was 10 hours of travel HELL.
Just bumps, spine jarring bumps, corners, stops and starts right the way from Tadopani to Beni. About 5 hours.
It was actually very physically demanding.
About 3 hours in, we were stopped by roadworks.
These Nepalese roadworks are of a special variety.
They’re pictured above.
When I did get to Pokhara, I discovered my hotel had emailed me telling me my room had been overbooked and I had no-where to stay.
Happy days.