As the new calendar year starts, my 22nd year on Bream has just come to a close. I thought it might be interesting to summarise what has been one of the most challenging years of all.
The run up the 26 locks from Wheelock to Kidsgrove is never dull, the paired locks always add interest and of course it’s always a guessing game which ones will be closed this time.
This third extract from my 2004 article for the Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club includes one boat for which I’ve never seen photos and one where the photo might not be of the right boat!
That and toilets really. Those are the things people ask about first when they find out you live on a boat. I’ve long had a stock (and true) answer which is that it being too hot in summer is a much harder thing to deal with.
The second part of my 2004 article for the then Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club. The photos are ones that I had in my collection at that time (some of which I took myself.)
I’ve written a few articles over the years that might end up on here, of which this was the first. Written in 2004 for the Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club, as it was then called.
I did my first bit of canal boating on the Caldon in 1969 and my family had a boat moored on it from 1973 until 4 years ago, so it’s fair to say I know it well.
In 2020 I put together this set of photos, one from each year on board. The main image on this post is the 2020 picture, taken on the Macclesfield Canal near to Sutton, on Christmas Day.
The first post on a site is a strange thing, you’ve not really found a voice, and your audience don’t know what to expect.