Boatdog is Beachdog this week!

Past present and perfect pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6231 #history #locks #art #print #boats #canals #women #museum #unmissable #boatlife #past

Such a good day volunteering back on the Soar for CRT forgot to take any pictures! #volunteering #canals #rivers #boatlife

Feather-brained queuing on the cut? pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6226 #journey #boatlife #travel #narrowboat #queues #moving #birds #ducks #heron #swans

Foxton Locks looks stunning tonight ❤️

Made it up Watford Locks on their first day open again 👏 #boatlife #travel #journey

Au revoir, farewell pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6220 #autumn #winter #journey #travel #boatlife #canals #water #drought #changes #climatechange

Now there's an idea ... not sure it will get through many bridges!

Enjoying a final flourish pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6218 #autumn #season #winter #leaves #traditions #canals #water #hope #nature #journeys #travel

Says it all!🤣

Belonging as boat people and walking with royalty pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6211 #boatpeople #boatlife #communities #community #communication #care #travel #journey #life #history #belonging #contribute

Living afloat gives more little things (even in a storm!) pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6200 #small #wellbeing #moments #travel #boatlife #journey #joy #nature #goodlife #kindness #mincepies

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Blushing skies 💓

Steeling ourselves for the future pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6185 #welding #planning #journey #travel #future #academics #awayday #dog #boatlife #water #autumn #river

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Until today I had never driven a day boat. Now I'm hooked! So much more responsive than our narrowboat!!! Great fun

5 years afloat in our living better experiment - and how many thousand locks? pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6176 #life #alternativeliving #boatlife #challenges #journeys #travel #moving #doit #justdoit #boat #dogs #anniversary

Making the most of freebies on offer pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6173 #foraging #boatife #freefood #giving #sloes #fruit #elderberries #blackberries #rosehips #satisfaction #wellbeing #making #jelly #jam #gin #history

Give - to anyone who needs it, anyone whatever their background. This is my 64th donation and Im glad to give for as long as I can #giveblood #givetoothers #humanity

Reflections in the stillness #canal #boatlife #reflections

Narrowboating to America for guidance. Bizarre but true. pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6152 #boatlife #care #betterplace #action #Kennedy #MagnaCarta #America #thought #journey #travel #art

The pound below Stoke Bruerne locked locks being filled from the River Tove - fuller than it was thanks to recent rain #boatlife #excitingstuff #water

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Did we make it? Plus comfort from history pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6139 #saga #journey #travel #drama #closure #drought #boatlife #history #howsyourweekbeen

Clouds, rain clouds 👏 The joy of being woken this morning by rain hammering on the roof - at last! #rain #weather

We did it! Nb Siskin heading through the top lock at Stoke Bruerne before today's closure- 109 miles 90 locks since Wednesday morning. Our boat is where we want to be - at the bottom of the flight so we can cruise from here #boatlife #teamwork

When a marathon is a sprint, and someone else becomes the reason for it pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6134 #marathon #sprint #journey #ttravel #boatlife #raceagainsttime #watershortage #closure

And we're off the tidal Thames into London on the GU. Now how far can we get before the closures? #weed #London #canal #journey #travel

Anchor ready. Waiting for high tide... #boatlife #narrowboat #journey

These locks seem to be getting longer and wider! Getting my steps in when they're self service! #boatlife #Thames #river #locks

River Thames - along with half the world! #boatlife #journey #travel

Seeking sanctuary from drought when you live afloat pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6128 #drought #crisis #water #boatlife #travel #journey #sanctuary

Monty the boathorse. See in the second pic how far away from the laden boat he needs to be to pull it #workinghorse #bargehorse #boatlife #canal

Grateful for 36 years and still together - somehow! #anniversary

Pigswill and wine in The Barge at Honeystreet while admiring the ceiling #boatlife #pub

29 locks done and dusted - a long day 💪 #caenhill #boatlife #journey

When it turns out regrets aren't necessary pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6110 #radio #video #art #poetry #expectations #boatlife #visions #regrets #journey #travel

I was very disappointed with this WH segment - nothing on the Two Women One Boat story but think I'd love to boat wherever Jo Bell is based. The men are obviously very respected there! #boatlife #womenboaters

Bradford On Avon- wool town (like the northern one - a broad ford). Scribbling is one process in carding wool #boatlife #architecture #history #dailyeducation

One man's wonder is not everyone's pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6106 #wonders #history #feats #engineering #marvels #boatlife #lists #journeys #travel

Teamwork. 1 skipper brings 2 boats down together leaving more crew for lock wheeing. Caen Hill fight in 4 hrs #journey #travel #teamwork

What makes our life so special? pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6087 #people #boatlife #canal #river #travel #journey #acceptance #Paddington #tattoos #nature #gardens

Roof garden fresh produce #gardening #boatlife

Not in York #shambles #boatlife #market

Comma Butterfly taking up residence on my shirt ❤️

Doubting our ability to carry on pickingupducks.co.uk?p=6080 #boatlife #journey #travel #challenge #history #gates #tombstones #friends #rivers #canals

Supporting a new business and another commercial boat on the waterways 👍 good luck Mike and Myrtle the boatdpg on nb Tarn #Fuelboat #boatlife

Burnt trees on the towpath and the smell of burned wood in the air this morning #heatwave #fires #danger #boatlife #trave

Hungerford #walk #boatlife #canal