We awoke to snow....

We woke up this morning and had our first snow blanket! It was white everywhere but the snow then turned to rain and then back to heavy snow again!







After lunch it finally stopped and even the sun poked its head out. Temperatures aren't too bad either right now, and now at 6PM, the temp is showing 1.4degrees. All the snow has gone a bit mushy now as well. Not sure if the temperatures will drop to minus 5 overnight as predicted...

We were woken last night at around 2:45AM by kids in cars in the visitor car park where we've been moored since Rob came on Friday to do the hatch for us. It all sounded good natured with the lads just messing around, but, call me cruel - I called the police anyway as I didn't want to risk them coming onto the towpath and scratching the boat or climbing onto it or anything. They sounded pissed after all!

The police arrived really quickly, although I'm not sure if the kids were breathylised or anything like that. If I'd been a policeman on duty I definately would have done though. They were way too "hyper" to just be on a drive out at night! Dunno why they weren't in bed ready for either college/school/work at that time on a Sunday/Monday morning.

Aaaah well, shame! I wonder if "mummy and daddy" had to take a day off work because their little darlings were arrested/breathalysed/booked in for a provisional court hearing!?

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After that, we quickly went back to sleep, fully satisfied that order had been restored ;)

We decided to move the boat today but not back to our usual moorings but two bridges down and are now moored in a "flash" where the canal is really wide, albeit very shallow on the wider, parts.

Here's the view from the hatch:







Late yesterday I managed to fit the hardware to the hatch frame to house the Perspex so I've been happy today with my hatch open. Even the ducks came to say hello:




We will probably only stay here a couple of days and then head back to our normal spot. The downside about where we are now is that the towpath is really, really muddy! Not good when you have a dog that likes to misbehave outside...




Sitting at the breakfast bar with a view from the porthole:



Not much else going on really. Pawel is off work so its dinner followed by my "Chocolate Espresso Goo Pud". They're really easy to make - I've been making them years, so I'll post the recipe for it tomorrow along with the obligatory pictures! You'll love them!

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  1. Hi Lewis, Thanks for your comment. Just trying to work out where your boat is on this wonderful world. Chas

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  2. Hello Lewis and Pawel,
    I've just been surfing through your posts. Great pictures, lovely and easy to follow directions for yummy dishes, and a great blog! We added yours to our boater's blog list and your blog will roll on our site now whenever you make a new post. Are you on the Maccie? We will look out for you both on the waterways, and you are welcome aboard NB Valerie anytime!
    Jaq and Les

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    1. Hi jaq and les. Yes we are on the macc, as I said your boat looks familiar - are you ever around here? Thanks for the lovely comments , I'm glad you're enjoying the blog and thanks for the add. Blogger and Google Connect or whatever it's called are all new to me, so I'm still getting the hang of it all.

      Hope you're both well and if you are ever up this way we will definately have to have 'boat tours' and a coffee!

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