A Very Narrow Journey
A Cruise to Salt We are going on a short cruise today and will be exploring Salt on the Trent and Mersey canal. A lovely couple we met at Tixall Wide recommended a pub there called The HollyBush Inn. First lock of the day is Hoo Mill Lock – great name. It’s so hot today…
Sunday 21st July Although our destination is the Caldon Canal, we wanted to visit Tixall Wide again as we love it so much. Also the weather forecast is really hot for the next few days so it will be a lovely place to stay for a day or two. So Wolseley Bridge to Tixall Wide…
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…
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,…
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…
And it’s my birthday I got taken out for breakfast at Trent Lock Tea Rooms which was fab – we had a bacon and egg cob and a pot of tea – lovely start to the day. We then walked along the canal to Cranfleet Lock and continued along the River Trent and around Attenborough…
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…
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,…
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…
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…