Cuttings

Cruising is still possible during the social distancing, please accept the new social norms until this crisis is over.

June cuttings

With the early summer here at last and the pubs open and the feeling that life is starting to return to a new sort of normal, we are all looking to escape our own four walls.
The best escape can only be the canals if you want total freedom for restrictions and no masks.
It is amazing.
Lets hope for a pleasant summer so that everyone can enjoy a little sun and freedom

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Cuttings

At last I have been cruising, it is wonderful.
Life feels so much better on the canals.
Everyone is so pleased to stop and chat and the spring weather has made it just perfect.
Even if you cant boat try getting out on the towpath and enjoy life again!

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April Cuttings

On a wonderful day in very late March I am writing this blog.
The sun is amazing and we all wish we could be on the cut again.
We were very lucky and had to move a boat for its engineering last week and so had two wonderful free days boating!
The sun was out and it felt as if Covid was a distant memory.
Well until we arrived at the boat yard and it was back to the masks and distancing again.
It was amazing to just enjoy the sun, spring, birds and early flowers.

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March cuttings

With the end of winter in sight and the joys of spring upon us.
I have seen my first Brimstone butterfly and my first lamb.
The insects are on the wing in the sun the birds are singing and performing their mating rituals.
Life does indeed feel more positive than at any time in the recent past.

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February Cuttings

On a cool and blustery day I am starting this blog.
February is the start of longer days and the planning of those trips on the boat during the coming summer.
If we are lucky and the vaccine allows us we can start to think about our holidays.
Fireside planning and is almost as good as the actual trip.
Happy planning

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January Cuttings

2020 has been the strangest and disconcerting year.
Now with the news of the Oxford vaccine our hopes can return.
Although we know that the next few months will be very difficult for many at least there is light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Our boats are undergoing their winter maintenance and being prepared for when we can at last boat again.
It is wonderful to start 2021 with hope in our hearts again.

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December cuttings

With the fire alight and the cosy evenings in, we can imagine the world as we knew it and hope that it may soon return.
Science and human ingenuity looks as if it may help us to escape this year of restrictions.
After a beautiful autumn we are now starting to feel the cooler days and frosty nights and the wonders of nature never cease to amaze us.
Have a relaxing and quiet Christmas and enjoy our lovely countryside.

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November Cuttings

As always in Autumn we need to check our flues and baffle plates are clear and that our CO2 alarms are working as we snuggle down in front of a lovely warm fire.
The autumn leaves are filling the canal and causing us all to slow down and go out of gear to remove the leaves form the propeller.
But we can only marvel at the wonder colours of nature at this time of year.
Fungi are in abundance now and they come in such a wonder range of shapes, colours and varieties, try downloading the app to idenitify the ones your find.

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August cuttings

It is lovely to be back to boating again.
Our boaters having been extolling the virtues of the welcome and safe environment of the canal side pubs and shops.
To have the freedom of boating in these troubled times is just wonderful and the naturally socially distancing on a boat means you can relax at last.

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