E15 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels.
We had a lovely week of making new friends and sharing a few pints.
We started at Aspley Bottom Lock and made our way to the Rising Sun Lock for a couple of ales with new friends. Magnus helped out a couple of f...
E14 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels.
After plenty of beers at the London Beer Festival, we left Little Venice and headed up the Paddington Arm. Interesting scenery along the way with an industrial section with some urban graffiti. We stopped in at th...
Our Narrowboat travels.
We came across this empty pound on the Aylesbury Arm so we filled it in no time.
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E13 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels.
A massive week of wonderful delicious beers. We were definitely spoilt this week! We went to the London Beer Drinker and Cider Festival at the Camden Centre and made a few new friends. Thanks guys. Great to have y...
E12 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels.
We left Hertford this week and returned down the River Lee Navigation. It was a week of guest beer reviewers and plenty of real ales. Tony from "Its a Narrowboat Life" joined us at The Old Barge in Hertford, a pop...
COOKING IN A NUTSHELL
How to quickly and easily create a pizza in a frying pan in a narrowboat kitchen. Anyone can do it!
This is a very simple recipe which uses shop bought ingredients so it does not require you to make anything yourself. My daughter ta...
E11 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
After our recovery from the mighty Thames, we left Limehouse Basin and headed on to the Regent's Canal, a 9 mile waterway winding through the heart of King's Cross. Then we turned onto the Hertford Union Canal or ...
Smoked Salmon, Brie and Baby Spinach Pancake for Pancake Day from the narrowboat kitchen of Nutshell.
This is a very easy recipe to make and is absolutely delicious for a gourmet breakfast or mid morning brunch.
You can substitute the smoked salmon for a...
E10 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
This is Part 2 of our whirlwind trip down the Thames during Storm Doris. We passed Tower Bridge, London Bridge, the Houses of Parliament with Big Ben. It chimed as we passed!
A very memorable day. Enjoy.
Keep an ...
E9 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
Another fantastic week on the Thames. We went from Windsor through to Kingston. We got ready to do the tidal section of the Thames River.
This is Part 1 of a 2 part story. Enjoy.
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E8 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
The Thames River current warnings dropped to amber so we were good to go. We have had a great week on the Thames. Still very scary in places but nothing like our first glimpse of the river. Enjoy.
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E7 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
We travelled exactly 0 miles this week. Due to the Thames current being too strong and red alerts posted at locks we couldn't move anywhere. So we spent the week enjoying Oxford. Cabin fever then set in, so we hire...
Cooking in a Nutshell - Pumpkin, Leak and Spinach Quiche
This is a simple recipe which I often make as it is easy to do in a narrowboat kitchen because it only uses the gas oven and hob. Great hot or cold served with a fresh green salad.
You can vary thi...
E6 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
After Australia Day we were iced in again then found some great pubs. We even found a 10/10 beer and a 10/10 pub. We had a great look around Oxford. We left the canal network and had the most terrifying trip down t...
Is it unboxing or is it cooking. Something different today.
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00:00 Acoustic Sunrise - iMovie
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E5 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
Join us for an amazing week afloat. We did a few pubs. We had a guest beer reviewer and we did Australia Day. Enjoy
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00:00 Acoustic Sunrise - iMovie
16:17 Rive...
E4 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
Fantastic countryside and some great pubs. Iced in for the first time.
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00:00 Acoustic Sunrise - iMovie
04:27 Acoustic Sunrise - iMovie
13:42 River Walk - iMov...
E3 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat travels.
Another fantastic week on the cut. We conquered the Hatton Flight of 21 locks on the Grand Union Canal in Warwickshire, England, before sampling a well earned ale at the Cape of Good Hope, an awesome canal side pub...
A quick look inside our place.
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00:00 Acoustic Sunrise
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E2 Weekly Blog of our travels.
What a fabulous week we have had. Wintertime cruising is so magnificent. Especially with a bit of snow about. We have passed 3 boats all week, which is 2 more than last week. We visited a few pubs and found some great new bee...
E1 Weekly Blog of our narrowboat travels.
After years of thinking about traveling the canals of England, we have finally done it. We bought a narrowboat. We sold all our cattle, turned the water off and locked the front gate at the farm. Then hopped onto t...
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