As the tumultuous year that was, 2020, draws to its end we find ourselves back at Vilamoura Rustic Motorhome Park in Portugal again, having returned to the UK for 5 short weeks to attend to the needs of the Celtic Fleet and much-needed catchups with UK family and friends. Although this was not the year…
DetailsWe live in interesting times. I don’t believe that anyone could have really predicted the last few months nor indeed the next. Our grand tour of Europe for 2020, including seeing some of our family visiting from Australia and catching up with our dare2go family in Croatia, has been superseded by being stationary at Vilamoura…
DetailsAfter spending much of January patiently waiting for our vehicle logbook (registration papers) and my residence permit to arrive, we were finally able to make our plans to leave the UK for a few months to start exploring Europe with the rough goal of meeting up with family from Australia in Croatia in…
DetailsWe were quietly making our way north again after leaving Paddington Basin, with the intention of securing winter moorings at Dunchurch Pools Marina near Rugby while we headed for warmer climates, when a letter from the Home Office arrived which caught us off guard and immediately had us reassessing our future plans. I had…
DetailsWe had ventured south on the waterways to enjoy London again by boat, rather than our many hurried trips by train to attend to health or other appointments. This trip did not disappoint as we got to visit new places and revisit familiar and much-loved ones. Our journey It was late in September when…
DetailsWe returned from our Greek Odyssey tired but happy, and ready to continue our waterway journeys. Repairs and Maintenance Prior to our holiday we had arranged for a new gearbox to be fitted to Celtic Maid in the Marina where we had left her. The very leaky and noisy old gearbox was a…
DetailsWhat a privilege it is to incorporate holidaying with friends on a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea into our routine narrowboating life!!!! When our friends, Jim and Chris from NB Sylph, invited us to join them on their planned two week holiday to the Island of Thassos, it took us about 3 seconds to…
DetailsWe had a very enjoyable and busy couple of months cruising with treasured family members, through some absolutely awesome countryside in England and Wales, and using some pretty amazing engineering along the way. Judy and Ted arrive While Bob remained on Celtic Maid, I headed to London to finally and successfully complete the Life in…
DetailsBack to our Boat life Fortunately, we are very well supported in our life In England as evidenced by the willingness of our good friend, Michael, to collect us, yet again, from Birmingham Airport on our safe return from Australia. His wife Jane had got us a few supplies and Michael assisted us further by…
DetailsOne of the many aspects of our lifestyle that creates both opportunities and challenges is the fact that we can live in the UK on our narrowboat whilst maintaining our connections with family and friends, and conducting all the required health and financial administrivia by returning to Australia at convenient intervals. We have just returned…
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