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The Sumpners Afloat

Adventures on "Old Nick" – an Ortomarine-built, Vetus powered Electric Serial Hybrid Narrowboat

Cruising

Raining in My Heart

May 26, 2025

19 – 25th May – back to Stoke and a jolly It was so nice where we spent Sunday, we […]

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Cruising

Get Back

May 20, 2025

12th to 18th May – Slowly retracing our steps along the Caldon Well, I think I mentioned spots of rain […]

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Cruising

Wuthering Heights

May 12, 2025

5th to 11th May – continuing along the Caldon Canal Another 4 day weekend! Bank Holiday Monday saw us setting […]

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Cruising

The First of May

May 6, 2025

Joining the Caldon Canal The week was forecast to be a scorcher, with temps from low to mid 20s. As […]

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Cruising

Bye Bye Bye

April 28, 2025

Leaving Brinklow and heading North – 18th – 27th April Our guests – dubbed “The Stubb Family Robertson” in our […]

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Cruising, General, Sewing/Craft

Bits and Pieces

April 15, 2025

Late March to mid April 2025 – what we got up to! We popped down to Fareham to see our […]

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Cruising

Sunshine on My Shoulders

March 10, 2025

Our week on the cut 28th Feb to 9th March I mentioned “itchy tiller syndrome” in my last post. It […]

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Cruising

2024 – that was the year that was!

January 6, 2025

Wow! Another great year. We can’t quite believe that it has now been 4 years since Old Nick was launched. […]

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Cruising

Coming Home

October 7, 2024

30th Sept to 6th Oct – homeward bound After I’d posted last week’s blog, we had a bit of a […]

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Cruising

A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall

September 30, 2024

23 to 30 Sep – continuing along the Oxford and exciting news Well didn’t it rain? We planned to move […]

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