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At the moment I am caring full time for a family member and when the time comes I will be selling up and living on a narrowboat.I enjoy reading,especially about those living on narrowboats and their daily lives.The tug Nb Resolute in the above picture is NOT mine but is owned by Dave Moore and is something I would aspire to own one day although I am going to look at many boats before I make a decision on the style and interior.Tugs are looking good at the moment but have yet to look around one. My interest in narrowboats started some 47 years ago. As a lad I cycled from Luton to bridge 111 on the G.U.by the Globe to fish and watch the Morton and Clayton boats go by,full of coal with a family on board and always wondered how they kept their balance on the planks that ran above the coal and why the the dogs didnt jump in the canal.That fascination has stayed with me so when I am able I will be there on my narrowboat joining in the great community of boat owners. Find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/brassiclint or listen to my music site.Use earphones or earplugs depending on your musical taste :) http://blip.fm/Dave_Winter

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Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Dogs and Narrowboats

Today I managed to get to http://www.appledown.co.uk/ and walk two dogs, but due to the heat I decided to only walk them for one circuit around the field. The first one was..                                                
                                                              Betty
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A lovely girl who is looking for a forever home.
The other was…

Squiff

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Again a lovely dog and you can see how hot it was by the length of their tongues.
With a bit of time left I decided to go onto Marsworth and see what narrowboats were on the move. To my delight there was one of my favourite tugs named Oakmere in the lock together with narrowboat Andromeda, the crews were having a well earned ice cream from Bluebells Tea Room.

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See here for details of Narrowboat Oakmere...
http://www.bcbm.co.uk/boatsaledetails?boat=78
A great result and well worth the visit even if it was for only for 20 minutes.
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