Tag Archives: Grand Union Canal

Nov

07

2011

Still Looking for Boats

On Friday, Mum and I went up north for a day trip (Audiobooks ); to do more boat research; On the way north, I showed her a little Shopping Village, by the name of Heart of the Shires, we spent a bit of time wondering around looking at the cookware and ilk (mostly for Dave [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Task 49 - Dye my hair a non natural colour | tagged with ANBN, Boating, Canalboatsales, Crick Marina, Grand Union Canal, Heart of the Shires, Narrowboats, nbMithril, nbTunnelVision, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Task 49 - Dye my hair a non natural colour, Video, Whilton Marina | Comments Off

Sep

22

2011

More boat hunting

On Saturday before Fiona’s house warming party; I went for a trundle up north to look for Crick Marina‘s Canal Boat Sales nbAnnieD While looking for Crick Marina I came across ANBN Narrow Boat Brokerage; One of the Boats they have on offer was nbAnnieD, while she is a little outside my price range (she was the lowest [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | tagged with ANBN, Boating, Canalboatsales, Crick Marina, Grand Union Canal, Harefield Marina, Narrowboats, nbAnnieD, nbMithril, nbMrMayor, nbNewtonmere, nbSmilingPlum, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | Comments Off

Sep

11

2011

Boat Hunting at Whilton Marina

Yesterday I went up to Whilton Marina to look at the boats they have up there; while looking around came across one I thought had an amusing name based on where I work: nbSu-paFusion. While there I had a look on 5 boats; Here are the 5 boats I looked at with my thoughts; nbKiaOra nbKiaOra had [...]

posted in Boating, Narrowboats, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months | tagged with Boating, Grand Union Canal, Narrowboats, nbArwyn, nbCo-Operation, nbKiaOra, nbMylindi, nbWindsor, Task 22 - Live on a narrow boat for at least 6 months, Whilton Marina | Comments (2)

Jul

16

2011

Still on for afloat

A while ago I cycled up the toe path to Thrupp and met up with Maffi for a pint to talk about getting afloat; other things which are of use are that Amy, of nbLuckyDuck has been answering questions to her FormSpring account in a serious of Any Questions posts, Peggy of Narrowboat Wife is also [...]

posted in Boating | tagged with Boating, Canal Towpaths, Cycling, email, Grand Union Canal, Oxford Canal, Thrupp, Whilton Marina | Comments (1)

Jun

09

2011

Another Map of London Canals

Another map of the Canals in and around London, this one comes from British Waterways, via WaterScape.

posted in Boating, Canals, Cartography, London Underground, Narrowboats, Regents Canal, River Thames | tagged with Boating, Canals, Cartography, Docklands, Grand Union Canal, London, London Underground, Map, Narrowboats, Regents Canal, River Lee, River Thames, Rivers, Thames, Transport | Comments Off

Jun

04

2011

Wendover Arm Trust's Boxmoor Canal Festival

Last Weekend; after the Greenbelt Stewards Re-Union Loupie and I were hoping to go on the trip up to have a look at Crick Boat Show on the monday; however With Crick being a long way north; and the car not having a lot of fuel; we decided to go to The Boxmoor Canal Festival, [...]

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May

04

2011

London Canal Map

Amy of nb Lucky Duck found this map on the Internet; It is a nice visual representation of the waterways in London, in the style of Harry Beck’s London Underground Map.

posted in Boating, Canals, Cartography, London, Regents Canal, River Thames, Thames Walk | tagged with Boating, Bow Back Rivers, Canals, Cartography, Croydon & Grand Surrey Canals, Docklands, Grand Union Canal, Harry Beck, Lee Navigation, London, London Cursing Ring, Regents Canal, River Thames, River Wey & B'stoke Canal, Thames Walk | Comments Off

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