In 2013 we had our first narrowboating holiday and a dream started to take shape.
Here we are in 2020, with our brand new 57′ Bickerstaffe Boat Company narrowboat Beau Romer, living aboard and learning about our new life.
About
Martyn retired from the electricity supply industry in 2019. After nearly 30 years working in social housing Mandella decided to take a career break and cruise off with him.
We’re both from Dorset, but now based in West Lancashire. Home is our boat, and wherever she takes us.
Blog
Punting through Poolstock
So here it is, the 2022 boating season. We got going rather late this year, and have been spending more time than we planned in Dorset and now, at last, we’re Out Out. I ran out of blogging steam last year after the highlight of Standedge Tunnel, so here’s a whistlestop recap of our late …
What a Wonderful World
We’ve navigated all of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways now: The Caen Hill Flight (on a hire boat in 2012) The Barton Swing Aqueduct The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct The Anderton Boat Lift The Burnley Embankment The Bingley Five Rise And as of this week, The Standedge Tunnel We had a few days in Slaithwaite. I …
Wet Wet Wet
While we were in Hebden Bridge we had a visit from Penny and Andrew. It’s lovely when we get friends on the boat, and we got to celebrate Andrew’s birthday a couple of days early with a tasty pub lunch at the Stubbing Wharf. On the return from Hebden Bridge we moored for a couple …
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email: me@mandella.co.uk