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NBnutter

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  1. Have seen you out and about on the cut, a beautiful boat .
  2. so the boat i am tracking down as to whether it could be a S M Hudson could be one of his really early ones? hmm food for thought there. thank you i will look at Reeves.
  3. when i go to this page it says its not there!! i would love to be able to see these images.
  4. well been a long time since ive been on here. lots of boating done since then. I have been learning all the steering and reversing and can now handle a 70' old working boat thats been convertyed all by myself. I have also n=been able to have a go on a little springer. We are taking a Hudson boat out for a week in june cant wait. Such a shame he is no longer with us it was our drean to have one of his Boats.

  5. we were gutted on Steves death as had planned a boat to be built by him for us. We love the Hudson shells. I am at the moment trying to trace qwether a boat built in approx 1976 was built by him. It says it was built by Hudson homemade crafts, but cannot find a builder of this name and thought maybe uit was what Steve called his original boat building business. I love the way his bows swim in the water and make the boat so easy to handle. If any one has a 65-70 foot tug Hudson then by gimmeny we would have it like a shot!!
  6. oh you wide beam ppl are so touchy!! I actually have nothing against widebeams, they are great boats. I just prefer the narrowboats x oh and yes will but that book as will add to the many I already have x
  7. I did not miss any thread! I now know that widebeams have to book to go through tunnels that as you say you cants see the other end of..which in my case I was asking about Braunston... I have experience but for me personally as it was my question asked, the narrowboat is best, canals weren't built for wide barges but narrowboats pulling buttys....maybe you have never read a history book on the origins of canals! if you dont want to have a boat that encompeses the origins then that is fine, I dont want space, if I wanted space I would have not have embarked onto leaving my nice spacious house!
  8. zah ha!! so after much amusement reading all the names you lot call widebeams, I think I finally have my answer.... widebeams need to book to go through there is someone at the other end stopping boats from going in having a narrowboat is best!
  9. well seems that there is a booking system, but he said he was going through the tunnel in the morning so how does the booking system work? How does a narrowboat at the other end of the tunnel know that there is a wide beam coming through?? I for certain would hate to meet one in a tunnel, and if I was more than halfway through, who would be the one to have to back out?? talking about steering...omg there was a boat out on sat that I was in stitches watching, it zig zagged all down from the tunnel, floated sideways across the canal whilst deciding oif to risk doubling up in the lock, and with a bit of persuasion went in first, promptly failed to keep boat to one side, second boat rammed it as couldnt stop in time and then proceeded to bang its way in!!. I dont think they shared another lock!! thank god they were in a narrowboat not a widebeam!
  10. Just a stupid question but one that has baffled me since seeing the 'stealth boat' today at Braunston........what happens when you meet one of these in a tunnel? She was going to go through the tunnel at Braunston and I just got to thinking I would hate to meet a widebeam in a tunnel!! I mean who has to reverse? Or is there a unwritten rule to taking a widebeam through a tunnel???
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    weekend away

    well Mark and I had a weekend at Braunston this weekend. It was lovely to speak to so many friendly boaters about engines, paintwork boat builders, moorings and so forth!! we saw one of the boats we follow on blog which made Marks day, and I got to see and talk to the 'stealth' boat Walhalla or Valhalla as she is pronounced!! I took loads of pics as usual, but seem to have taken as many of all the ducklings as I did of the boats!
  12. Thanks for the idea the kids have been and bought scrap books to make a visual record of their adventures aboard!! Im sure it will get well looked at at school and everywhere else they take it!! a quick update......the kids now are proud owners of baseball hats with the word CREW sew on to wear on the holiday and have canal art to colour in, Mucky waters books to read and have even bought a canal DVD to watch!! they have gone narrowboat crazy!! All I have ot do now is guess the weather for that week and try to pack enough clothes but not too much!!
  13. as an interested party wanted to know where I find the 'auction site' you are on about? we too are hoping to become liveaboards in the next few years if our plans go right and this would be of interest to us x
  14. still having discussions on how to fit the 'boat' out when we get to having her built. saw a design today for a 70' with 3 bedrooms which is what we will need. and there seemed to be space still for every thing else so looks like we are not totally mad in our wants! Going up to Braunston again at the weekend to see more boats and hopefully get chatting to some of the owners to get more views, news and advice!
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    cafe boat

    yes this is a fabulous boat and we frequent it loads, food is excellent and they are so helpful to answer any questions. They seem to do very well trade wise and would be worth getting in touch with.
  16. well this is just my thoughts on what myself and my partner would love to happen in the next 5 or so years. You see we have fallen in love with the narrowboat and canal system and way of life. Our dream is to have our own boat built for us and to become live aboard on the GU at Braunston. Mark has been on several holidays around the waterways since a child and I have been on a couple of trips. Since we have met 2 years ago, we have made regular trips to the canal to walk the towpaths and just watch the boats go by and to meet and talk to some of the boating community. well so far we have looked at many boats and are still discussing what it will be called, what colour it should be, how it should be fitted out etc. The only things we have agreed on so far are that we are having all portholes, that it will have the bedrooms at the back , it will have a Josher bow, be a Tyler Wilson hull, built by Braidbar and that it will have wooden floors and black granite work surfaces in the kitchen!! I have been reading up on blogs and twitter about the things we need to have like licences, moorings, what type of toilet is best. It has been great to read the many blogs by all the boaters x we are off to Braunston next weekend for Marks birthday and are going to meet up with a couple I have been talking to on Twitter. I cant wait, the withdrawal symptoms are so bad at times and are now made worse by the loss of the webcam at Braunston meaning I can no longer sit and watch the boats go by, come in and pretend that I am there!!
  17. the kids have decided they want to try to spot the 3 different types, trad, semi trad and cruiser. plus will be trying to write down boat names to see if we can look them up and if they blog!! you will really enjoy the week on their boat, they are well fitted and clean and so easy to steer.Have a great weekend and let me know how you get on!! Where are you planning on going?
  18. my kids have always been bought up in the countryside so I have no doubt that they will find things on the towpaths to keep them amused, we have scheduled a couple of stops at parks. thanks for that, early starts wont be a problem as my 2 are always up and raring to go by 6 am!! insomniacs!! we have taken the kids for walks along the towpaths and they have become great at helping single handed boaters to do the locks, loving every minute. I have got quite fit chasing them from lock to lock!! they have sorted a rota of whos doing locks and whos helping to drive on what days, so just think it is the long stretches inbetween locks that will be the boredom test. drawing and DVD seem to be high on their list of things to take! My son is interested in buildings so we are going to go slow through the towns so he can look up names and what they are and write them down for investigatipon at a later date. thank you and if I get stuck I will certainly be back to you for ideas!! Fantastic Ideas!! I have written them down and will talk to kids about how to put this in to practice!! going to go buy a book on trees an a moment!! have thought about getting a little camera for them so they can take pics of their travels and see how many different things they can spot of interest! thank you for a fab response!!
  19. we went with this company as Mark has hired this boat from them twice before and found it fabulous. Yes the rule will be life-jackets on if outside at all times. ah good idea I have a couple of little binos in the wardrobe somewhere I will hunt them out x thank you xx thank you for your reply!! I have got on my list craft stuff, drawing things, books, dvd's and DS for boy and teddys for girl! Mark is going to let them try a bit of steering and they can help at locks. Good to know there ids a park at Banbury!! thanks for the reply!! um magnets sound fun but think my 2 would both be sploshers!! the idea of little cameras is a good one!! hahahahaha like the hand signals message!! thanks for your wonderful reply! I hadnt thought about letting them help prepare for meal times!! they could be the runner for the flasks of tea for the driver!! you have now got me looking at pubs where we intend to stop each night to see if they have play parks!! As for the timing, thre big boys say they have done this trip in the alloted time before so I am taking their word for it x
  20. hi all, well end of may myself, my partner, our best friend and our 2 young kids 5 and 7 will be boating out from Excellence afloat at Valley cruises for a weeks hol down to Banbury and back. My partner Mark and our best friend have boated for years and I have been out a couple of times but this is kids first time. They both seemed to enjoy helping at the locks yesterday for a single boater ( I thanked him so much for letting the kids help him ) . I am worried however that they may get bored with long stretches without anything to do? any tips would be helpful. As we are hoping to liveaboard in a few years time this is like a taster for the children.
  21. this has been really helpful as was going to ask the same question, could I also use the enamel paint to touch up the cans I have?
  22. well yes this seems okay, but if you want to live aboard then surely you already know that you will have to declutter and take only that that you really need. I will be downsizing from a 4 bed house to a 70 footer if all goes to plan, but with the help of a good fitter will make use of all possible space. I will have to as will be me, partner and 2 children on board!
  23. HI me and my partner are planning to aquire our own boat in the next five years to live aboard with our 2 children. We go up to Braunston a lot and have walked a lot of the canal towpaths there and near us on the Kennet and Avon. We will be attending the boat festival there in june!! My partner (Judith and MArk by the way ) has boated in the past but I am a novice! I have done locks a lot tho.
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