1st July 2019 Today we officially move permanently on board our narrowboat Hang Loose and become continuous cruisers. We have given up our mooring on the Erewash Canal and we are going on our adventures! For the first couple of weeks we moored at one of our favourite places – Weston-on-Trent and then Shardlow. We…
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The Erewash Canal
Sunday 2nd June Decided today we would go for a cruise along the Erewash Canal before we leave our moorings there at the end of the month to continuously cruise on board our beautiful boat Hang Loose – so excited. We went Cruising Down the River Soar a couple of weeks ago before we leave this area,…
Cruising Down the River Soar
Heading out of Trent Lock we went straight over the River Trent and onto the River Soar. It looks beautiful already! It’s a gorgeous sunny day and the river is like a mill pond. We cruised through Kegworth, stopping for diesel along the way and then – as it was lunchtime – and we spotted…
Cruise to Tixall Wide
In this blog we have a lovely cruise to Tixall Wide on the Staff & Worcs Canal but before that it was my birthday I got taken out for breakfast at Trent Lock Tea Rooms which was fab. I had a bacon and egg cob and a pot of tea, which was a lovely start to…
Our First Proper Cruise from Weston-on-Trent to Fradley Junction on the Trent & Mersey Canal
Off for our First Proper Cruise – on the Trent & Mersey We have been at Weston-on-Trent since we bought Hang Loose as the lock at Aston-on-Trent is closed for repair – it should have been open on 15th March and we were planning to move on to our moorings on the Erewash Canal that…
Living the Dream
February 2019 We’ve been on Narrowboat Hang Loose for 3 weeks now – you can read about our Maiden Voyage here. It is just amazing – it’s everything we dreamed of – and more. Had a lovely walk today – I used to blog about each of our walks but we go on that many now,…
First Week on Narrowboat Hang Loose
Loving Life on Narrowboat Hang Loose We have been in our new home for a week and loving every minute of living our dream. Three days at work for me this week. We made Lasagne for tea which was delicious – Chan and Ross came and joined us with Winston. It was brilliant to…
Maiden Voyage on Narrowboat Hang Loose
3rd February 2019 Our dream has come true and we have our very own narrowboat – Hang Loose – and she’s gorgeous. Yesterday we picked my dad and took him for lunch at The Boardwalk at Mercia Marina. Had a lovely lunch here , we had the fishfinger sandwich and it was delicious – worth…
Narrowboat Dream Come True
OMG It’s actually happened Today we are officially narrowboat owners – our dream has come true and we are beyond happy ? As I mentioned in my previous post, we have been dreaming of owning our own narrowboat for so long and our hopes have been dashed once or twice – but now this is…
Circular Walk in Derbyshire
8 Mile Circular Walk in Derbyshire from Spondon to Ockbrook then to Dale Abbey and back – with a cheeky little cob and couple of pints in The Carpenters What a lovely way to start the new year! Well we certainly felt like we needed a good walk after all the Christmas eating and drinking and…