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The Sumpners Afloat

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

Cruising

Show Me the Wey

August 30, 2021

A trip up the River Wey Navigation and back We had just had a night in Walton Marina where we […]

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Cruising

Waterloo Sunset

August 24, 2021

The Thames again – Marlow to Hampton Court You left us in Marlow and this is also where we pick […]

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Cruising

Green River – the Thames continued

July 30, 2021

Monday 19th July You left us at St John’s Lock, charging and (me) musing about whether it was pronounced St […]

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Technical

Electric Dreams – power management on an electric narrowboat

July 27, 2021

We have been continuously cruising now for two months and have settled in to a regular routine. With nearly 300 […]

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Cruising

Old Father Thames beckons

July 20, 2021

W/C 5th July Having said goodbye to the kids, we spent another night at Cropredy Marina and then made our […]

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Cruising

Where are we now? The Oxford Canal

July 6, 2021

We had just finished our training at Willow Wren last time we gave an update on our summer cruise, so […]

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Interior Design

Don’t THROW your love away

June 30, 2021

It’s not often I find a product that I want to shout about from the rooftops, but I have recently […]

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Technical

Connected – an article about mobile internet

June 29, 2021

You may recall from this post that we touched on how we planned to stay connected to the internet on […]

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General

Smoke on the Water

June 19, 2021

Friday 18th June Alarm set for 07:30, rain hammering down on the roof? This must be Willow Wren Boat Handling […]

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Cruising

Stairway to Heaven

June 15, 2021

Saturday 12th June We had left our lovely, peaceful mooring near the bottom of Knowle flight late on Friday afternoon. […]

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