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The Sumpners Afloat

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

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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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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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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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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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Walk of Life

September 23, 2024

9th – 22nd Sep – A visit home for work and moving on The early part of the week was […]

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Nightswimming

September 9, 2024

2nd to 8th Sept – Stooging around Cropredy – with friends It was very quiet and very dark where we […]

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Reunited

September 2, 2024

26th August to 1st September – up the Oxford Canal and meeting family After a very quiet night at the […]

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Moon River

August 26, 2024

19th to 25th Aug – the Thames is a long river! Monday Monday – what a grey and, frankly, chilly […]

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A New England

August 19, 2024

12th to 18th August – continuing our journey along the Thames. As yesterday was a scorcher and today looked to […]

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(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

August 12, 2024

5th Aug to 11th Aug – leaving London canals and onto the Thames We slipped out of Limehouse at about […]

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