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Terrorist Shopping in Tesco
Darrol finished off the electrical upgrade on The Duke this morning and provided a magnetic thermometer to stick on the side of our Morso...
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Stephen Hawkins
Mar 2, 20211 min read
New Energy Inverter (12 volts to 240 volts)
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 Engineer Darrol from Long Term Narrowboat Hire at Heyford Wharf (Long Term Narrowboat Hire - extended holidays...
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Stephen Hawkins
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Candy Aquamatic Washing Machine Engineer
Monday 1st March 2021 Our little washing machine needs to use the inverter to convert our 12 volt battery supply on the boat to 240...
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Stephen Hawkins
Mar 1, 20211 min read
Napton Cidery
Monday 1st March 2021 We awoke to a sunny frosty morning and listened to The Archers omnibus before setting off to sort out rubbish...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 27, 20211 min read
Bridge 124
Saturday 27th February 2021 Spent Thursday (25/02/2021) in Banbury making use of Wilko and Poundland for forgotten accessories and...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Against the Wind
On the morning of Wednesday 24th February 2021 we battled against a stiff wind through various locks and lift bridges from Aynho to...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 25, 20211 min read
And they're off!
After a session of boat familiarisation and a handover from the team at Heyford Wharf we set off at midday on Tuesday 23rd February for...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Removal Team
On the weekend 20/22 February 2021 we loaded up our rented Vauxhall Vivaro van (from Enterprise). On Monday morning 22nd we "moved house"...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 13, 20211 min read
MiFi for The Duke
When we decided to get a MiFi hub to give us internet access on our narrowboat we expected something much bigger than this wee HUAWEI...
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Stephen Hawkins
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Our ship to shore radios
In order for the helmsman (the Captain...) on the tiller on The Duke to keep in contact with the lock-opening team, led by Vera (woof!)...
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Stephen Hawkins
Jan 27, 20212 min read
Welcome to The Duke
We went to Heyford Wharf and were able to see The Duke while it was undergoing it's refit. We were delighted with what we found and can...
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Stephen Hawkins
Jan 21, 20212 min read
A Year on a Narrowboat
Every year since we got married on 31st July 1998 we have had a week on a narrowboat for a holiday every year. See details at...
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