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    Living on the narrowboat in summer 2023

    Having has a successful first time living and working on the narrowboat Dreamcatcha in summer 2022, it made perfect sense to to the same again in 2023. The best laid plans… It is fair to say that living on the…

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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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    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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    Ribble Link – Southbound

    Lancaster Canal to Leeds Liverpool Canal This was our first trip heading from Lancaster canal to the Leeds Liverpool canal. The big thing i learnt on this journey is when turning right out of savick brook be on full power…