Travels

This page documents some of our journeys on nb Dreamcatcha. We will backdate some of the significant journeys as and when we remember and have time.

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    Review of working on a narrowboat

    We are back home at Barton Grange Marina, earlier than planned, but that is the lesson learned from this trip. You can plan, plan and plan some more, but it doesn’t mean it will actually go according to it. Bank…

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    Burscough Village

    Plans changed again, and we end up in Burscough, so we never got to Parbold! As I was getting to the end of last week’s post, it was becoming unclear if we would end up at Parbold as planned. As…

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    Off to Parbold next!

    See you soon Liverpool, now for Parbold, or is it? Yesterday we left Liverpool’s Salthouse Dock having spent two fabulous weeks there. On our way to Parbold of all places for a couple of days. An early morning(ish) start, 8am,…

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    Salthouse Dock, Liverpool

    The end of our first week of living & working on the narrowboat in Salthouse Dock, Liverpool As we begin week 2 of our trip into Liverpool, this post is less about living & working on the canal boat. It…

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    The canal cruise continues

    As the canal cruise continues, we cross the River Ribble and arrive in Liverpool. Just arrived at Salthouse Dock following a week of travelling the Lancaster Canal, crossing the River Ribble and 4 days on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. To…

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    Week 1 of living and working on the canal

    Garstang, Galgate and Lancaster It is not the destination rather the journey. On a narrowboat nothing is fast paced at the best of times but when you can only move after work you question if it is worth it and…

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    Living and working on a narrowboat

    8 weeks around the North West – Summer 2022 And so it begins, 8 weeks of living and working on a narrowboat, N.B. Dreamcatcha. We generally only spend every other weekend on our canal boat, primarily due to work. We…

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    Canal Holiday 2021

    As foreign holidays during the “pandemic” were not allowed we went for a week up to Lancaster and beyond…Lucky us.