Canal Boat — January 2018

22 January 2018 Canal Boat canalboat.co.uk

IT’S YOUR TURN: TELL US ABOUT YOUR BOAT

WIN

£100

TELL US ABOUT the boats – or just the boat –

in your life. Your story should be about 1,000

words and must have suitable photographs.

They can be prints, transparencies or high

quality digital (that means at least a 5

megapixel camera set on its highest

resolution). Write in or

email to editor@

canalboat.co.uk. All

photos will be returned.

What’s more, we pay

£100 for every story used.

Tell us about your boat and your boating – email [email protected]

ME & MY BOATS

WIN

£100

happy that it looks clear. We make mead

in September and sloe vodka after the

first frost. Our old friend Dan is at

Burghfield too, he is a boat painter who

has lived on boats forever. Not only is he

great company, he is a wealth of

interesting knowledge too. Midweek, I

have drinks with Dan and his friends on

Arcada, what a great night, and I leave

them with a bottle of my elderflower

wine.

That weekend, we head for the

Thames with Emily, we are all happy and

the sun is shining. I love urban cruising,

as you get a real feel of history for a

place, but the countryside is more ‘us.’

As we come through Blake’s lock and

enter the Thames at Reading. I feel the

elation as I always do, you really feel the

expanse as you leave the cut. I just love

it. We are now currently moored at

Wallingford, it’s a great place for kids,

but in a few weeks we will be making our

trip back home.

Back onto our beloved K&A, where

suddenly it will feel small and cosy, the

trees hugging you like an alleyway, it will

feel quiet, there will be dew in the air.

And we will start feeling romantic about

having fires again and hibernating in our

lovely home. CB

WHAT’S IN

the name

When you’re on the tiller of a 23-footer you

still want to be noticed. Solution? Emblazon

the boat’s name in LARGE type. And with a

twist. Find out in February’s issue about the

weird and wonderful names on the cut. And

don’t forget to send us your own brilliant

boat name, and the story behind it, to the

usual address ([email protected]).

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