Had a fantastic day in Macclesfield with Lesley. In particular the tour of Paradise Mill - one of the silk museums. Absolute must if you are in this neck of the woods.
Look at this early comptometer
A silk stocking maker - early onset "knitting nancy" or french knitter - I remember producing those coils as a kid.
I have no chance of catching up with this blog - the lack of a regularly reliable signal defeats me
A Reasonable Success.
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Our Stormguard Double Glazing film has proved successful reducing
condensation to approx 5% of what it used to be. The windows not being
totally air tigh...
2009 in pictures
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Well, from April anyway. That's when I (got Baz to) install Ubuntu on my
computer, and the photo software that comes with it neatly files photos by
year, m...
Liberty No 7
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After I returned from my Thames trip I bought a bicycle. New! Nice bike.
Bones liked it so much she wanted one. I bought her one for her birthday.
We are...
New Year Cruise - Day Five
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Disappointingly, it didn't snow overnight, so we could easily have carried
on further before turning around. Instead, we had a slow start to the day,
and h...
Shall we go or shall we stay now?
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Above, Caxton's current mooring which is getting increasingly muddy as the
cold weather has receded today. We are, however, are anticipating a further
co...
Thanks to Waterlily
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I've been out of touch for a few days as I took Granny from Willington for a
New Year cruise. At Fradley Junction I met Nev Wells of NB Waterlily
(right). ...
Stuck again
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We tried to move today as it looked as if it had melted a little and two
boats had left our mooring and had made their way successfully to Market
Bosworth ...
Home Again
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*Dinas Bran From Sun Trevor*
We travelled back to the boat in time to miss the snow expected in south
Wales and our daughter told us it has arrived today....
A quick trip to Pillings….
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After a very quiet and restful Christmas at Mum’s in Northampton, we made a
quick trip up to Pillings Lock Marina to check up on the boat, and to meet
Ne...
Still in Market Harborough.
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We hope that everyone enjoyed a happy and safe Christmas. We like you all
are on the countdown to 2010 and hope that it is kind to us, our friends and
fami...
Some things get broken.
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It was not my fault! If She had not put venison steaks on the top shelf to
defrost then I wouldn't have climbed up to get them. And if She hadn't put
all t...
Boat Blog: There are worse ways to spend a day…..
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Sunday 27th December Teddington to the Fox pub, Grand Union Canal The Thames
is a moody lover – last week the river was seducing me with it’s grand
shores ...
Boots and the other compost heap!
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Boots thought Christmas had come early when he came across the other compost
bin; quite a treat!
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Narrowboat Balmaha – Christmas 2009
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*Wednesday 23rd December 2009 – Market Harborough*
This is the final run up to Christmas. I am looking forward to a few days
holiday (stop sniggering) wh...
The River Shroppie and hungry birdy!...
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It’s not the Shropshire Union Canal, it’s the River Shroppie that we cruise
on! We had no problem whizzing through Wheaton Aston embankment that is due
...
To all our readers
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Well as you have guessed it we haven't blogged for the last couple of days.
It is coming to the time when we need a rest. We have loved doing the blog
and...
Christmas 2009 Newsletter
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Karen has published the Christmas 2009 Newsletter. I know some of you had
trouble opening it but I have fixed that now. See
http://danieloakley.org.uk/?pag...
Power on
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The new alternator is fitted and working but the next day we could not move
because of the ice. Another change of plan is required. We were going to
Rugele...
Losing Power
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I came home from work yesterday to find our electricity cutting out. The
inverter screamed at me for a while so I thought I better investigate before
it ...
New Waters
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A view of Burnley from the 'mile long' (well nearly a mile long) embankement
that goes through the town centre
Tuesday was really sunny so Jon was inspired...
Smothered in fish sauce
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I haven’t died…but I have been suffering from Nam Pla asphyxia, which has
curbed my enthusiasm for blogging. Yes, I know, how can you be suffocated by
a co...
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