Living on a Narrowboat
Living on a continuous cruiser on the UK canal system under CRT rules.
Not a big move, but a move. Perhaps a mile or so.
Weedon has some CRT facilities!
Bins….
Wehey!
Here’s some pictures of my current moorings.
It’s not as low profile as Nether, as you can see, there are plenty of boats and boaters around.
It’s not far from both the village of Weedon, which is on the A5, or the Tesco Express which is walking distance.
Mobile signal is good. Continue reading “Nether Hayford -> Weedon Bec”
My Wileyfox, that all UK mobile-phone brand, had a problem with the tethering – my access to the outside world, which ceased working last week.
I sent it back, and am writing this using my old Samsung Galaxy Prime.
It can’t take pictures, it can’t do video’s. For this reason, I’ve not been bothered to do the blog for a good few days now.
Currently located here, in Nether Hayford. Perhaps a five/ten minute walk from the village centre.
Before, I stayed down near the bridge.
The train noises really f*ck me off.
I stayed in the knowledge this was the case.
Luckily with a boat, you can move house any time you want.
I can’t hear the trains at all now.
I like it here. That’s nice.
After having painted it, it’s now time to make sure all my hard work doesn’t get scraped off the first time I go through the locks.
I’ve already fitted this roof eye hook on the narrowboat.
This goes some way to reducing the chafing across the apex of the roof.
Most of the damage happens at the sides, where the cabin is between the roof and the bollards.
As it moves backwards and forwards with the boat, it takes all the paint off!
To stop this, we’ve got some ‘fairleads’, also called cleats, skenes and other things.
Fairlead is the most universal term. It simply guides the rope from the side of the boat.
As it’s going to take the weight of the boat, it’ got to be a sturdy fitting. Continue reading “Fastening fairleads to my boat pt1”
So…
Moved off the marina now, now in the middle of the countryside next to a bridge.
Most of the day was spent fitting this bracket to the roof for putting my planks and poles in. Continue reading “Middle of nowhere – Near Gayton”
Whilst the others are holidaying in France, I’ve parked the boat outside Blisworth Marina to try and finish the paintwork off.
You can see her nestling under the bridge over the A43.
It’s pretty close to Gayton, where the junction leads up to Northampton, where I originally planned taking the boat.
Wifi signal is quite strong and there’s the slight noise of traffic from the A43.
It’s a lot less windy here than outside, and I should get some painting done during the course of the day.
I’ve also got this interview thing at Amazon flex, so I might be working for them in my spare time also.
