Sunday 12 October 2014

Hot or cold

 

IMG_4136I have said it before and i will say it again , only an idiot a silly boater takes a narrowboat out in very high winds. Even low winds can make a huge difference to how the boat handles. We have come to the conclusion that anything over about 15 to 20 mph and its just not worth cruising. Its not just about the damage you could do to your boat and other boats, but the danger of someone getting hurt. With winds over 25 mph on this day there were still loads of boats cruising and not being able to control their craft in the high gusts like the one in the picture above who ended up jammed across the canal.

IMG_4127The weather is so changeable at the moment that we are going from one day of high winds to the next morning when we experienced our first frost of the Autumn.

IMG_4141After a few days at Linslade we moved on to Stoke Hammond which is another one of our favourite moorings. How lucky are we again to have it all to ourselves.

IMG_4139Being out in the country it gave us the chance to cut up and log the wood we had .With Carolyn being retired from using the axe it wasn't long before she had all our free heat stacked on the roof.We now have 14 bags of coal and this wood so it should keep us going for a while , but we will still be on the look out for more free wood.

IMG_4112It is a silly time of year for lighting the fire. It is too cold with out it and when we do light it we have to have all the windows and doors open as it gets so hot. We do have the diesel central heating ,but that cost money to use so we would rather be a little too hot and burn free wood rather than have to put the central heating on.

IMG_4170We have now moved from Stoke Hammond and are now moored at Fenny Stratford which is next to the town of Bletchley in Milton Keynes. With a plethora of shops Carolyn is in her element and the old bank account is taking a right hammering ,she much prefers to go shopping without me for some unknown reason . I did go with her to IKEA where she treated me to a 9 item breakfast for only £2.75, i must admit it went down a treat and at that price what a bargain . The only problem was that after that i was dragged around the shop ,I think Carolyn only takes me so i can be her Carthorse for carrying all the heavy items she buys. We did manage to get our Flu jabs done and believe it or not we got them done in Tesco. The picture above was taken in Bletchley town on another shopping trip i reluctantly went enjoyed going on. Bletchley is a small bustling town with a good mix of shops , so I'm told.

We are now starting to get low on water and the full toilet cassettes are starting to build up ,so we will soon have to move again and get to the services at Fenny lock which is about half a mile from where we are currently moored. And then after that we will move on to Who knows where ….

 

                                                    Happy Days

6 comments:

  1. enjoyed the blog. cannot believe how much of a frost you had that was a nice photo to see the chimney smoking. glad to hear Carolyn has been off shopping again,you have some good looking logs there. xxx

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    1. What do you mean "glad to hear Carolyn has been off shopping again" . Its bad as she is spending all my money...

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  2. Ha ha u sound a tight sod. We got fire light but we agree hot & we end up in t shirts. But does take chill off in morning! I had so many colds last year. Do u think flu jab help? Xxx

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    1. Thrifty is my middle name, never had the flu jab before so I will have to see what happens this winter. We have just put some bricks in the fire to reduce its size and that seems to help it not getting so hot and is more controllable . We are in a smoke free zone at the moment ,so only burning wood ....

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  3. you've always been a tight assed sod!!!!

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    1. Hello Nicolas , The name is Thrifty...What a great buzz word for SWW breakfast meetings !!!!!

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