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The Sumpners Afloat

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

Cruising

Slough Rider

July 1, 2024

24th Jun to 1 Jul – Slow (Slough) progress and meeting friends Having moaned for a few weeks about how […]

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Cruising

Rikki Don’t Lose that Number

June 23, 2024

17 to 23 Jun- heading towards Hemel Hempstead and Rickmansworth We stayed put on Monday and of course – as […]

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Cruising

Get Back

June 16, 2024

10th to 16th June – back on the Mainline and heading vaguely East We left Aylesbury Basin on Monday at […]

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Cruising

Thanks for the Memories

June 9, 2024

3rd to 9th Jun – continuing our journey along the Grand Union. You left us at the bottom of Slapton […]

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Cruising

MK State of Mind

May 30, 2024

27/5 to 2/6 – along the Grand Union towards the Capital We left our lovely, quiet, rural mooring mid-morning – […]

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Cruising

Changing Man

May 27, 2024

20th to 26th May to – starting our trip down the Nene – and ending it! We had booked 3 […]

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Cruising

Leaving (but not) on a Jet Plane

May 19, 2024

May 9th – 19th – along the Oxford Canal, up the Grand Union and onto the River Nene Even though […]

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Cruising, General

Autumn Almanac

October 30, 2023

Our first couple of weeks back at The Marina of Dreams Remember that ****ing oven? Well, one of the first […]

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Cruising

It was a Very Good Year!

October 24, 2023

Our Third Summer aboard Old Nick. I’ve said summer in the above title – but actually, when we left Droitwich, […]

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Cruising

Home

October 9, 2023

2nd – 8th October – the final leg back to base Rain was forecast for the pm on Monday, so […]

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