Life on a Narrowboat Series - Baking and simple boat life on a marina

Hail to the Hive! I’ve been a little inactive on Hive this past week due to massive changes in the fabric of my little existence. We’ve sold Badger the Narrowboat and moved temporarily onto dry land. “What!”

Ending Badger's Narrowboat Journey at Foxton Locks

Hail to the Hive! I’m going to miss the little walks around the various mooring spots we stop at on Badger the Narrowboat once we’ve moved off of her in a few weeks. I like these solitary walks, taking

Hail to the Hive! This morning, before I’d had a coffee and before the heat of the day licked in, I helped my neighbour take his boat through a swing bridge and to a winding hole to turn his boat around.

Hail to the Hive! Everyone has been in a panic in the UK about the weather. Ooooh it’s hot, hottest day of the tear! Danger danger. Unbelievable. Two days of actual summer conditions and they carry on

Hail to the Hive! The mornings are so lovely right now and having such easy access to outdoor greenery makes for the perfect coffee morning experience. My morning routine usually involves guzzling a pot

Hail to the Hive! We have decided to spend a bit longer than usual at Foxton Locks and I was hoping to grab a coffee and an ice cream today at the top lock cafe but I was a little distracted. I did do

Hail to the Hive! After 2 lovely chilled and lazy weeks it was finally time to leave Kilby Bridge and set off towards Foxton. We did give it a lovely send off though. A friend who used to live near us

Hail to the Hive! and all hail to @daveks for creating this new community. For a long while I've liked the display of images both colour and monochrome shown in comparisson as it shows clearly how different

Hail to the Hive! After two very relaxing weeks at Kilby Bridge the summer has decided to go full force and we have set off on a cruise back towards Foxton Locks. The Leicestershire countryside really

Hail to the Hive! LAst night we ran out of water. I think mooring so close to a waterpoint has made us a little complacent and it kind of caught us napping. Luckily we had both showered already. You can

Hail to the Hive! I've been posting material from aboard Badger the Narrowboat for over 15 months now and I sometimes forget that what is everyday normality for us seems like a dream to others. I'm not

Hail to the Hive! It was that time again. That time when the cassette toilet is full to the brim with juicy badness and the nose of the boat is sticking high out of the water on account of the fresh water

Hail to the Hive! It's that time of yearon the canals and rivers where all the birds young have hatched and the parents nervously and protectively swim around with them showing them the ropes. I'm not

Hail to the Hive! Located only three miles out of the city centre of Leicester is Kings Lock. Previously a lock keepers cottage and now a canal side cafe. It’s Tuesday and for some reason not open today

Hail to the Hive! Yesterday we got back into nomad mode and finally moved badger out of the city. In many ways we didn't want to leave and yet now we are moving again we feel good and the mood has shifted.

Hail to the Hive! It seems like forever since we had actually travelled anywhere as we have been staying in the vicinity’s of the city for quite a while but today we made our way back out again. It’s a

Hail to the Hive! Taking a little walk to the local supermarket today and I passed under this beautiful bit of engineering, bridge 110 on the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal. If you're gonna build