Can We Reach Boston in Four Days?
With just four days to get to Boston and ready the boat for sea navigation, we missed a couple of stops along the River Witham.
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How Can We Make It Past This Thick Weed?
There’s a weed crisis on the River Witham with boats turning back. If we can’t get through, it will mean the end of all our plans…
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Will The Weed Crisis On The Witham Scupper our Plans?
Boats turning back, water spouts and impenetrable weed. How did we get on?
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FTB Mates: We’re cruising on a Roman canal?!
Arriving at the historic village of Saxilby along the Fossdyke Canal, we discovered the influence of Roman, Viking and medieval history, as well as an intimate connection to the lives of Jamie’s grandparents in WWII. This post is available to
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Is the Foss Dyke the oldest canal in England?
After the excitement of the River Trent, it was a welcome change to enter the sedate and secluded Fossdyke Navigation. Or is it “Foss Dyke”?
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Summer has arrived, but boat maintenance never stops!
Summer is here; we feel it everywhere, in the light, in the trees, in the birdsong, and in the wildlife.
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Working through the seasons
Ever wondered what a “dog box” on a canal boat is? And how about a “duck hatch”?
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Is foraging along England’s canals safe? (Plus recipe for nettle soup)
Even familiar wild plants can kill you. Hemlock and Dead Man’s Fingers look an awful lot like cow parsley, but both are deadly
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The joy of walking in Thorne Community Wood
The woodland has streams, ponds, marshland, and meadows. And we have seen rabbits, squirrels, foxes, and deer
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Bygone shipbuilding in the village of Thorne
A Dutch engineer named Cornelius Vermuyden received permission from the king to drain the marshland.
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Thorne’s forgotten shipbuilding and ancient history
Thorne Community Woods, a sprawling 79-acre haven of trees and meadows beside the canal…
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Is off-grid mooring the last freedom?
One of the last places you’ll find the last freedom is off-grid mooring on the canals and rivers of the UK.
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Off-grid wild mooring (life on the riverbank)
For the price of a Canal and River Trust licence, you can moor pretty much anywhere you like on the network. That’s over 2000 miles of navigable canals and rivers. Add to that a further 2000 miles or so of
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We Lost Control of our Boat
Who said strong winds were the preserve of sailors? It turns out that the “wrong” wind can affect canal boats as much as sailing boats.
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Would you like to be in our book?
This is your opportunity to be involved; would you like to be in our book about sailing away?
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