On Saturday I was privileged to be on narrowboat Indigo Dream to participate in the rehearsal for the Queens Jubilee pageant this coming weekend. Unfortunately James was too busy working to come too....
Yesterday, Jamess beloved nanny Marion, passed away. She was a kind, warm-hearted lady, always cheerful despite her illness, who will be much missed by her family and everyone who knew her. Having do...
The weather was cold and grey for my Oxfam walk (Im still aching from that, and our donations page is still active if anyone would still like to sponsor us retrospectively!) but just yesterday we beg...
First ducklings of the year that Ive seen. Taken from Victoria Avenue bridge. twitter // facebook // email // follow // any questions?
On Sunday night, halfway through making a batch of falafels, our gas ran out. We use 19kg bottles so this only happens twice a year, but its always at an annoying moment! So, on Monday, I rang up Cam...
A story in the Cambridge News put me on to the photography of Bill Blake, who uses a kite to photograph from above. These stunning pictures were taken of the Ouse Washes which I recently saw when I t...
The Old Bedford and New Bedford Rivers are two man-made bypass channels linking Denver and Earith. The New Bedford River is tidal and navigable by those who find its extreme boringness novel enough t...
Ive got a new culinary obsession: falafels. Surprisingly simple to make, Ive cooked up a couple of batches over the last week or so. Ingredients: 1 400g tin chickpeas 1 carrot 1 white onion clove of ...
Our Cam Conservancy licence sticker just arrived (over a month after I sent them the money) and I noticed a few things that worried me: 1) The boat reg. number was written in waterbased ink which I w...
Last night I went on a Wild Food walk, organised by Cambridge University Gastronomic Discovery. The walk was led by Jacky Sutton-Adam, a local wild food expert. We walked around Grantchester Meadow, ...
On the way back from Norwich, I called James to let him know I was on my way, only to find that he was in London with Mike A at the Canalway Cavalcade. He suggested that I join him, as he was going t...
Im still recovering from the Bank Holiday weekend, but it was such fun. I went to my friend Richendas hen party in Norfolk. It wasnt a conventional hen party, but then shes not a conventional hen! We...
On the 20th May, I will be walking 26 miles for Oxfam with a couple of friends, as participants in the Cambridge Oxfam Walk. Now, I know walking 26 miles isnt quite as impressive as running them but ...
Despite the raised water levels and fast flow, weve had to move. The May Fair is in town over the Bank Holiday weekend, and there is a rowing race which requires the boats to move off the Common. So,...
since records began... The Cam this morning. However, we are still officially in drought, they say. Rain in the Spring get used up very quickly by thirsty plants and less of it goes into the reservoi...
Well, there was a fairly strong consensus that the building I posted yesterday was St Pancras Hotel. However, Adam was right to stand by his conviction, and Kevin who posted on Facebook was also corr...
This is one of my favourite buildings in London. Do you know which one it is? twitter // facebook // email // follow // any questions?
Last year, James and I competed in the BCN Challenge with a bunch of other crazy boaters, attempting to navigate around as much of Birminghams 100 miles of waterways as possible in 24 hours (30 hours...
I had been reading the blogs of No Problem, Yarwood and Matilda Rose, who have come across swathes of wild garlic on their travels, reminding me that it was the season for it. I have been keeping my ...
This week we took possession of our rented Council garage, just a few minutes walk from the river on St Matthews Street. There are several reasons we decided to take this on. 1) We need more storage...
Last Wednesday and Thursday, I went boating with the Fullers- Roger, Teresa, and their son Joe- aboard Ibex (Josher motor, built 1926, and now with a Lister HR2) and Ilford (Built 1912, composite Bra...
I spent the last couple of days in Norwich, at the University of East Anglia a for a conference on Climate Change. It was very interesting and I made contact with several people doing similar researc...
The parcel arrived today, speedy service! This is the highly appropriate stamp I was given at the post office yesterday, when I went to post a moving-in present to our friends Matt and Rebekah, fello...
We had a wonderful Easter, at the Historic Narrow Boat Clubs gathering on the newly restored Droitwich Canal. We were very kindly accommodated by Sarah and Jim in the hold of Chertsey, under the new ...
The highly addictive photo-editing and sharing iPhone app Instagram has finally been released for Android users like me. Im enjoying experimenting with it and you may find a few more of these square,...
James and I have been practising splicing, making eye splices in the ends of rope. For non boaty people, eye-splicing a rope means creating a loop by weaving the individual strands of a rope back in...
In the Riverside Antiques warehouse, I found something Id wanted for a while: a Tala enamel dry measure. You can still buy them new - they cost about £8. This vintage one was £5, and although some of...
While James was coxing the IV to Ely and back at the weekend, I had a productive day at home. First, I resealed the shower room floor, which is a wet room. Its nice and spacious for a narrowboat show...
The cows are back on the Common! twitter // facebook // email // follow // any questions?
On Saturday, we visited the chandlery in Ely and enjoyed a day out there. Visiting the antiques warehouse, we daydreamed about what we would buy for our next boat - in particular there is a beautiful...
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